Comparing the effects of atrazine and an environmentally relevant mixture on estrogen‐responsive gene expression in the northern leopard frog and the fathead minnow. (15th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ali, Jonathan M.; Knight, Lindsey A.; D'Souza, Del L.; Kolok, Alan S.
• Is Part Of: Environmental toxicology and chemistry. Volume 37:Number 4(2018)
• Page Start: 1182
• Page End: 1188
• Publication Date: 2018-02-15
• Subjects: Aquatic toxicology -- Endocrine disruptor -- Herbicide -- Mixture -- Rana pipiens -- Pimephales promelas; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmental chemistry -- Periodicals; 615.902
• DOI: 10.1002/etc.4069
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0730-7268

Abstract

Abstract: In Nebraska, fish are exposed to herbicides in agricultural runoff. The study objectives were to determine 1) if fathead minnows and northern leopard frogs exposed to atrazine experience alterations in gene expression, and 2) whether these changes are elicited by a simulated herbicide mixture. Following a 7‐d exposure to atrazine, female minnows were defeminized, whereas male frogs were feminized. The mixture did not elicit statistically significant effects in either species. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:1182–1188. © 2018 SETAC