Feminization and altered gonadal gene expression profile by ethinylestradiol exposure to pejerrey, Odontesthes bonariensis, a South American teleost fish

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 941-946

  Pérez, María R ^a   Fernandino, Juan I ^a   Carriquiriborde, Pedro ^b   Somoza, Gustavo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Ethinylestradiol; Pejerrey; Sex differentiation markers

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; AROMATASE; COMMERCIAL FOODS; CONTROL GROUPS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FEMALE POPULATION; GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PEJERREY; PROCESS-DRIVEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIOS; TELEOST FISH; XENOESTROGENS;

DEHYDROGENATION; GENE EXPRESSION;

FISH;

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ANDROGEN; BIOINDICATOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMINIZATION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING DATE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESERVOIR; SEX RATIO; TELEOST; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HATCHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; TELEOST; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OVARY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SMEGMAMORPHA; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84859851259     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1789     Document Type: Article

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