Environmental-endocrine control of reproductive maturation in gastropods implications for the mechanism of tributyltin-induced imposex in prosobranchs

Environmental-endocrine control of reproductive maturation in gastropods : implications for the mechanism of tributyltin-induced imposex in prosobranchs

Prosobranch snails have been afflicted globally by a condition whereby females develop male sex characteristics, most notably a penis. This condition, known as imposex, has been causally associated with the ubiquitous environmental contaminant tributyltin (TBT). Deduction of the mechanism by which T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecotoxicology (London, England). - 1992. - 19(2010), 1 vom: 28. Jan., Seite 4-23
1. Verfasser: Sternberg, Robin M (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gooding, Meredith P, Hotchkiss, Andrew K, LeBlanc, Gerald A
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Ecotoxicology (London, England)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Retinoid X Receptors Trialkyltin Compounds tributyltin 4XDX163P3D Tretinoin 5688UTC01R
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