Effects of exposure to 17α-ethynylestradiol during larval development on growth, sexual differentiation, and abundances of transcripts in the liver of the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-51

  Tompsett, Amber R ^a   Wiseman, Steve ^a   Higley, Eric ^a   Giesy, John P ^a,b   Hecker, Markus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Endocrine; Estrogen; Gonadal histology; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN SULFOTRANSFERASE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; LIVER X RECEPTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; VITELLOGENIN A2;

ABUNDANCE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FROG; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTEIN; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; AR GENE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY GROWTH; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DHCR7 GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERA GENE; EST GENE; FEMINIZATION; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HDLBP GENE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LITHOBATES SYLVATICUS; LIVER LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NR1H2 GENE; NR5A2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPL8 GENE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITELLOGENESIS; VTGA2 GENE; WATER QUALITY; WOOD FROG;

ANIMALS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADS; LIVER; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 84868460037     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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