Publication Date:
1981-08-21
Description:
Injection of DDT [1, 1, 1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane] into gull eggs at concentrations comparable to those found in contaminated seabird eggs in 1970 induces abnormal development of ovarian tissue and oviducts in male embryos. Developmental feminization of males is associated with inability to breed as adults and may explain the highly skewed sex ratio and reduced number of male gulls breeding on Santa Barbara Island in southern California.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fry, D M -- Toone, C K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Aug 21;213(4510):922-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7256288" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome/chemically induced/*veterinary
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Animals
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Bird Diseases/chemically induced
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Birds/*physiology
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DDT/*pharmacology
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Environmental Exposure
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Male
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Reproduction/*drug effects
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*Sex Ratio
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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