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Chronic exposure of killifish to a highly polluted environment desensitizes estrogen-responsive reproductive and biomarker genes.
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jul 2014
Bugel Sean M, Bonventre Josephine A, White Lori A, Tanguay Robert L, Cooper Keith R
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Reproductive and endocrine disruption is commonly reported in aquatic species exposed to complex contaminant mixtures. We previously reported that Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from the chronically contaminated Newark Bay, NJ, exhibit multiple endocrine disrupting effects, including inhibition of vitellogenesis (yolk protein synthesis) in females and false negative vitellogenin biomarker responses in...
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