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Exposure to Paper Mill Effluent at a Site in North Central Florida Elicits Molecular-Level Changes in Gene Expression Indicative of Progesterone and Androgen Exposure

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are chemicals that negatively impact endocrine system function, with effluent from paper mills one example of this class of chemicals. In Florida, female Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) have been observed with male secondary sexual characteristics at t...

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Autores principales: Brockmeier, Erica K., Jayasinghe, B. Sumith, Pine, William E., Wilkinson, Krystan A., Denslow, Nancy D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25198161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106644