Vas deferens and penis development in the imposex-exhibiting female rock shell, Thais clavigera

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-79

  Horiguchi, Toshihiro ^a   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^b   Urushitani, Hiroshi ^a   Lee, Jeong Hoon ^a   Park, Jeong Chae ^a,c   Cho, Hyeon Seo ^d   Shiraishi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Imposex; Morphogenesis; Penis; Retinoid X receptor (RXR); Rock shell (Thais clavigera); Tributyltin (TBT); Triphenyltin (TPT); Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

IMPOSEX; MORPHOGENESIS; PENIS; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN; VAS DEFERENS;

AQUACULTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MORPHOLOGY;

TRIBUTYLTIN;

FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMPOSEX; MASCULINIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; SNAIL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPOSEX; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PENIS; THAIS CLAVIGERA; VAS DEFERENS; VIRILIZATION; VULVA; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; MALE; PENIS; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; VAS DEFERENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

THAIS CLAVIGERA;

EID: 84858996487     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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