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Simultaneous exposure to estrogen and androgen resulted in feminization and endocrine disruption.
The Journal of endocrinology - 1 Mar 2016
Chen Lili, Jiang Xiaolong, Feng Haiwei, Shi Hongjuan, Sun Lina, Tao Wenjing, Xi Qingping, Wang Deshou
Abstract excerpt
Estrogen, which is synthesized earlier in females than androgen in males, is critical for sex determination in non-mammalian vertebrates. However, it remains unknown that what would happen to the gonadal phenotype if estrogen and androgen were administrated simultaneously. In this study, XY and XX tilapia fry were treated with the same dose of 17α-methyltestosterone (MT) and 17β-estradiol (E2) alone and in...
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