Prenatal exposure to low doses of atrazine affects mating behaviors in male guppies

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 439-448

  Shenoy, Kausalya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Embryonic development; Endocrine disruption; Intrasexual competition; Latent effects; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FIN (ORGAN); GESTATION PERIOD; GONOPODIUM; GUPPY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; ANIMAL; COPULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOXICITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POECILIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84904756905     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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