Testosterone-Fatty Acid Esterification: A Unique Target for the Endocrine Toxicity of Tributyltin to Gastropods

Over the past thirty years, a global occurrence of sexual aberration has occurred whereby females among populations of prosobranch snails exhibit male sex characteristics. This condition, called imposex, has been causally associated with exposure to the biocide tributyltin. Tributyltin-exposed, impo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Integrative and Comparative Biology. - Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. - 45(2005), 1, Seite 81-87
1. Verfasser: LeBlanc, Gerald A. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gooding, Meredith P.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2005
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Integrative and Comparative Biology
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Physical sciences Behavioral sciences