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Impact of TBT on the vitellogenesis and sex hormones in freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879)

BACKGROUND: Tributyltin (TBT) is a ubiquitous persistent xenobiotic that can be found in freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystem. TBT is a strong endocrine disrupting compound (EDC) that can cause toxic threat to aquatic organisms. Imposex, sexual deformities and endocrine dysfunctions are the ca...

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Autores principales: Revathi, Peranandam, Iyapparaj, Palanisamy, Vasanthi, Lourduraj Arockia, Munuswamy, Natesan, Krishnan, Muthukalingan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-9063-9-10