Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of the xeno-androgen, methyldihydrotestosterone, on male and female mating behavior in Xenopus laevis

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1246-1253

  Hoffmann, Frauke ^a   Kloas, Werner ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Female receptivity; Mate calling behavior; Methyldihydrotestosterone (MDHT); Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION;

ANDROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; FEMALE RECEPTIVITY; MATE CALLING BEHAVIOR; METHYLDIHYDROTESTOSTERONE (MDHT); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

METHANDRIOL;

ANDROGEN; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84859499413     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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