Reproductive potential of mosquitofish is reduced by the masculinizing effect of a synthetic progesterone, gestodene: Evidence from morphology, courtship behaviour, ovary histology, sex hormones and gene expressions

The ever-increasing use of synthetic hormones, especially progestins, for medical applications has drawn growing concerns due to their potential endocrine disrupting effects that may diminish the reproductive outputs of aquatic organisms. Using mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) as a model species, we...
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Autor*in:

Chen, Shanduo [verfasserIn]

Lin, Canyuan [verfasserIn]

Tan, Jiefeng [verfasserIn]

Wang, Yifan [verfasserIn]

Wang, Xiaoyun [verfasserIn]

Wang, Xiaolan [verfasserIn]

Liu, Lu [verfasserIn]

Li, Jiayi [verfasserIn]

Hou, Liping [verfasserIn]

Liu, Juan [verfasserIn]

Leung, Jonathan Y.S. [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2021

Schlagwörter:

Courtship behaviour

Endocrine disruption

Gene expression

Gestodene

Mosquitofish

Sex hormone

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: The science of the total environment - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1972, 769

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:769

DOI / URN:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144570

Katalog-ID:

ELV00564609X

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