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Populations of a cyprinid fish are self-sustaining despite widespread feminization of males

BACKGROUND: Treated effluents from wastewater treatment works can comprise a large proportion of the flow of rivers in the developed world. Exposure to these effluents, or the steroidal estrogens they contain, feminizes wild male fish and can reduce their reproductive fitness. Long-term experimental...

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Autores principales: Hamilton, Patrick B, Nicol, Elizabeth, De-Bastos, Eliane SR, Williams, Richard J, Sumpter, John P, Jobling, Susan, Stevens, Jamie R, Tyler, Charles R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24417977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-12-1