Disorders of sexual development and abnormal early development in domestic food-producing mammals: The role of chromosome abnormalities, environment and stress factors

Sexual Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 18-32

  Favetta, Laura A ^a   Villagomez D A F ^b   Iannuzzi, L ^c   Di Meo, G ^c   Webb, A ^a   Crain, S ^a   King, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Disorders of sexual development; Domestic animals; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Heat stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE;

EID: 84857366399     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332754     Document Type: Review

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