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Methyl farnesoate regulatory mechanisms underlying photoperiod-dependent sex determination in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna.
Journal of applied toxicology : JAT - 1 Feb 2021
Toyota Kenji, Sato Tomomi, Iguchi Taisen, Ohira Tsuyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Freshwater zooplankton Daphnia magna has been widely used in ecotoxicology studies. During the last 20 years, it has been demonstrated that the topical application of juvenile hormone (JH) or JH analogs to mother daphnids induce male offspring production. Based on this finding, an in vivo screening validation method for chemicals with JH agonistic effect has developed. Although this screening system successfully...
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