Effects of 17β-trenbolone on Eastern and Western mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki and G. affinis) anal fin growth and gene expression patterns

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 128-129, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-170

  Brockmeier, Erica K ^a   Ogino, Yukiko ^b   Iguchi, Taisen ^b   Barber, David S ^a   Denslow, Nancy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 Trenbolone; Bioindicator organism; Endocrine disruption; Gonopodium; Mosquitofish; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRENBOLONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANDROGEN; BIOINDICATOR; CORRELATION; CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENE EXPRESSION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FGFR1 GENE; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIVER; MSXC GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHH GENE; VTG GENE;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; TRENBOLONE ACETATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ERINACEIDAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 84872201123     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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