Estrogenic and androgenic effects in mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) from streams contaminated by municipal effluent in Guangzhou, China

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 132-133, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-172

  Wen, Rushu ^a   Xie, Yongping ^b   Wan, Caixia ^b   Fang, Zhanqiang ^b  

^a JIAYING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting effect; Gene expression; Morphology; Mosquitofish

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANDROGEN; CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; RNA; STREAMWATER; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CHINA; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA GENE; FEMALE; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); VITELLOGENIN ALPHA GENE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, MESSENGER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 84875891684     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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