The biocide tributyltin reduces the accumulation of testosterone as fatty acid esters in the mud snail (Ilyanassa obsoleta).

Imposex, the development of male sex characteristics by female gonochoristic snails, has been documented globally and is causally associated with exposure to the ubiquitous environmental contaminant tributyltin (TBT). Elevated testosterone levels in snails also are associated with TBT, and direct ex...

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Autores principales: Gooding, Meredith P, Wilson, Vickie S, Folmar, Leroy C, Marcovich, Dragoslav T, LeBlanc, Gerald A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12676594

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