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Developmental exposure to real-life environmental chemical mixture programs a testicular dysgenesis syndrome-like phenotype in prepubertal lambs.
Environmental toxicology and pharmacology - 1 Aug 2022
Elcombe Chris S, Monteiro Ana, Elcombe Matthew R, Ghasemzadeh-Hasankolaei Mohammad, Sinclair Kevin D, Lea Richard, Padmanabhan Vasantha, Evans Neil P, Bellingham Michelle
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Current declines in male reproductive health may, in part, be driven by anthropogenic environmental chemical (EC) exposure. Using a biosolids treated pasture (BTP) sheep model, this study examined the effects of gestational exposure to a translationally relevant EC mixture. Testes of 8-week-old ram lambs from mothers exposed to BTP during pregnancy contained fewer germ cells and had a greater proportion of...
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