Do mollusks use vertebrate sex steroids as reproductive hormones? II. Critical review of the evidence that steroids have biological effects

Steroids

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 268-281

  Scott, Alexander P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invertebrate steroid; Mollusc; Physiological role; Steroid bioassay; Vertebrate steroid

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; EFFECT SIZE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEWAGE EFFLUENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MOLLUSCA; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDS; VERTEBRATES;

INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871567820     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.11.006     Document Type: Review

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