Transcriptomics and in vivo tests reveal novel mechanisms underlying endocrine disruption in an ecological sentinel, Nucella lapillus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1589-1608

  Pascoal, Sonia ^a,b,d   Carvalho, Gary ^a   Vasieva, Olga ^c   Hughes, Roger ^a   Cossins, Andrew ^c   Fang, Yongxiang ^c   Ashelford, Kevin ^c   Olohan, Lisa ^c   Barroso, Carlos ^b   Mendo, Sonia ^b   Creer, Simon ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endocrine disruption; gene environment interactions; high density oligoarray; imposex mechanism; Nucella lapillus; PPAR signalling pathways; Roche 454 transcriptome sequencing

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; ROSIGLITAZONE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; GENE LIBRARY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INVERTEBRATA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875167414     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12137     Document Type: Article

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