HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL-POLLUTANTS BETA-HCH AND METHYL MERCURY ON REPRODUCTIVE-ORGANS IN FRESH-WATER FISH

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作者
WESTER, PW
机构
[1] Laboratory for Pathology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, 3720 BA Bilthoven
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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-PHARMACOLOGY TOXICOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY | 1991年 / 100卷 / 1-2期
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10.1016/0742-8413(91)90160-U
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
From various environmental pollutants studied so far, specific effects on the reproductive system of small fish species Poecilia reticulata (guppy) and Oryzias latipes (medaka) were noted in the case of beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (induction of vitellogenesis and hermaphroditism, both indicative of estrogenic activity; 32-mu-g/l) and methyl mercury (impaired spermatogenesis; 1.8-mu-g/l). The latter effect was attributed to a disturbance of mitosis.
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