Using zebrafish as a model system for studying the transgenerational effects of dioxin

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 403-411

  Baker, Tracie R ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^a   Heideman, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Endocrine disruption; Ovary; Reproductive; Sexual differentiation; Skeletal; TCDD; Toxicity; Transgenerational; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SCOLIOSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SKELETON MALFORMATION; ZEBRA FISH;

DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; OVARY; REPRODUCTIVE; SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION; SKELETAL; TCDD; TOXICITY; TRANSGENERATIONAL; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84896486213     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu006     Document Type: Article

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