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Hypoxia turns genotypic female medaka fish into phenotypic males.
Ecotoxicology (London, England) - 1 Sept 2014
Cheung Catis Hin Ying, Chiu Jill Man Ying, Wu Rudolf Shiu Sun
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Hypoxia caused by eutrophication is amongst the most pressing global problems in aquatic systems. Notably, more than 400 "dead zones" have been identified worldwide, resulting in large scale collapse of fisheries and major changes in the structure and trophodynamics. Recent studies further discovered that hypoxia can also disrupt sex hormone metabolism and alter the sexual differentiation of fish, resulting in...
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