Androgenic and anti-androgenic effects
Comparatively androgenic and, anti-androgenic ef - fects have not been well documented. As the estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects. As a, result ofthis the con - sequences offish exposure to environmental androgens. And / or anti-androgens are not very well understood.Some contributing factors to this unfortunate situation are the poor understanding ofthe male reproductive organ and role (s). Androgens play in fish sexual matu - ration reproduction and, development. However sev - eral, studies have reported the masculinization. Of female poeciliids (mosquitofish) from streams recipient of kraft mill effluents (KME; Davis, and Bortone 1992; Drysdale. And, Bortone1989; Bortone et a!, 1989). The masculi - nization features include the development of modified anal fin (gonopodium). On pregnant females. The devel-opment ofgonopodium was concomitant with male
mating behaviour hermaphroditic condition,, (vitello - genic oocytes and cysts ofspermatids and spermatozoa). The consequences ofmasculinization to individual fish is. Not, knownSince masculinization does not continue after removal from KME. At early stages masculinized females, gave birth to non-masculinized. Viable offspring in the aquaria.
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