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Imposex

Imposex is a disorder observed in certain marine and freshwater gastropod mollusks, where female individuals develop male sexual characteristics, such as a penis and vas deferens, due to exposure to specific environmental pollutants. This condition is primarily induced by organotin compounds, notably tributyltin (TBT), which have been widely used in…

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Imposex

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Triples144
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
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related to Environmental regulations · 29
Imposex → Canada, Control, European Commission, European Union, Halifax Harbour, Harmful Anti-fouling Systems, IMO, In, International Convention, International Maritime Organization, January, Major, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Melongena, Nevertheless, Norway, Not, Nova Scotia, Oslo-Paris Commission, Rotterdam Convention
related to Further reading · 20
Imposex → Antifouling Biocides, Arai, Biological, Ecotoxicology, Gastropods, Harino, Horiguchi, Imposex Induced, In, ISBN, Langston, Mechanism, New York, NY, Ohji, Organotins, Springer, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Tokyo, Toshihiro
related to Biomonitoring · 17
Imposex → Due, Europe, However, In, Index, Laevistrombus, Lepsiella, Malaysian, New Zealand, Nucella, OSPAR, Several, TBT, The, The Vas Deferens Sequence, Their, VDSI
related to Case studies · 17
Imposex → After, Dumpton Gap, Dumpton Syndrome, However, In, Long-term, Norwegian, Nucella, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Ramsgate, Scientists, TBT, TBT-based, TBT-resistance, The, This, UK
related to history · 12
Imposex → Although, Around, Heleobia, Ilyanassa, In, It, Marisa, Nucella, Once, Pomacea, TBT, The
related to Inducing substances · 10
Imposex → Aside, In, Initially, Its, PVC, RXR, TBT, TPT, Tributyltin, While
has effect · 7
Imposex → A-related, Although, An, In, It, Later, Several
related to Affected regions and species · 4
Imposex → Countries, In, The, This
related to External links · 4
Imposex → Natural Resource Management, Occurrence, TBT, Tributyltin
is a · 1
Imposex → disorder observed in certain marine and freshwater gastropod mollusks

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tbt marine organotin species antifouling paints gastropod females tributyltin environmental levels effects affected population several compounds reproductive pollution populations vas

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Imposexis adisorder observed in certain marine and freshwater gastropod mollusks0.90text
Heleobia australisinstance ofThe condition is known to affect estuarine species0.80text
and also freshwater species such as apple snailsinstance ofThe condition is known to affect estuarine species0.80text
the dog whelkinstance ofthough this has not been definitively confirmed.In species0.80text
the growth of a penis in imposex females gradually blocks the oviductinstance ofthough this has not been definitively confirmed.In species0.80text
although ovule production continuesinstance ofthough this has not been definitively confirmed.In species0.80text
9-cis-retinoic acidinstance ofmimicking endogenous ligands0.80text
thereby triggering masculinization of female snails.Aside from its use in antifouling paintsinstance ofmimicking endogenous ligands0.80text
TBT is widely employed in products such as fungicidesinstance ofmimicking endogenous ligands0.80text
wood preservativesinstance ofmimicking endogenous ligands0.80text
PVC stabilisersinstance ofmimicking endogenous ligands0.80text
and catalystsinstance ofmimicking endogenous ligands0.80text

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