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An embryonic atrazine exposure results in reproductive dysfunction in adult zebrafish and morphological alterations in their offspring.
Scientific reports - 19 Feb 2016
Wirbisky Sara E, Weber Gregory J, Sepúlveda Maria S, Lin Tsang-Long, Jannasch Amber S, Freeman Jennifer L
Abstract excerpt
The herbicide atrazine, a suspected endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC), frequently contaminates potable water supplies. Studies suggest alterations in the neuroendocrine system along the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis; however, most studies address either developmental, pubertal, or adulthood exposures, with few investigations regarding a developmental origins hypothesis. In this study, zebrafish were...
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