SEX STEROID HORMONE RECEPTORS IN THE DEVELOPING FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT OF LABORATORY RODENTS

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Many chemicals released into the environment potentially disrupt the endocrine system in wildlife and humans. Some of these chemicals exhibit estrogenic activity by binding to the estrogen receptors. The developing organism is particularly sensitive to estrogenic chemicals during the critical period in which the induction of long-term changes and persistent molecular alterations in female reproductive tracts...

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