Effects of tributyltin on metamorphosis and gonadal differentiation of Xenopus laevis at environmentally relevant concentrations

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-303

  Shi, Huahong ^a   Zhu, Pan ^b   Guo, Suzhen ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupting chemicals; gonad; metamorphosis; Tributyltin; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN; WATER POLLUTANT; TRIBUTYLTIN CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GONAD; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; THYROID GLAND; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84899881106     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712457440     Document Type: Article

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