Interaction of environmental chemicals with the estrogen and progesterone receptors from the oviduct of the American alligator.

Reports of reproductive abnormalities in the American alligator from Lake Apopka, Florida, have been linked to a spill of DDT and other pesticides suspected of having hormonelike activity. To determine whether environmental chemicals had the potential to function as exogenous hormones in the America...

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Main Authors: Vonier, P M, Crain, D A, McLachlan, J A, Guillette, L J, Arnold, S F
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1996
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1469547/