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Identification of California Condor Estrogen Receptors 1 and 2 and Their Activation by Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
Endocrinology - 1 Dec 2015
Felton Rachel G, Steiner Cynthia C, Durrant Barbara S, Keisler Duane H, Milnes Matthew R, Tubbs Christopher W
Abstract excerpt
Recently, California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) have been reintroduced to coastal regions of California where they feed on marine mammal carcasses. There is evidence that coastal-dwelling condors experience reproductive issues, such as eggshell thinning, likely resulting from exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). To address this problem, we have identified and cloned condor estrogen receptors...
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