In ovo exposure to nonylphenol and bisphenol A resulted in dose-independent feminization of male gonads in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) embryos

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1091-1097

  Oshima, Atsushi ^a   Yamashita, Ryo ^a   Nakamura, Keigo ^a   Wada, Masaru ^b   Shibuya, Kazumoto ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Feminization; Japanese quail embryo; Nonylphenol; Ovotestis

Indexed keywords

BISPHENOL A; FEMINIZATION; JAPANESE QUAIL; NONYLPHENOLS; OVOTESTIS;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

PHENOLS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL;

BIRD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMBRYO; FEMINIZATION; HATCHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLUMAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMINIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMINIZATION; MALE; OVUM; PHENOLS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84859871343     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1787     Document Type: Article

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