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SUBMITTER: Lambert MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4807449 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Royal Society open science 20151202 12
In amphibians, abnormal metamorph sex ratios and sexual development have almost exclusively been considered in response to synthetic compounds like pesticides or pharmaceuticals. However, endocrine-active plant chemicals (i.e. phytoestrogens) are commonly found in agricultural and urban waterways hosting frog populations with deviant sexual development. Yet the effects of these compounds on amphibian development remain predominantly unexplored. Legumes, like clover, are common in agricultural fi ...[more]