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Reproductive Toxicity Induction in Nematodes Exposed to Environmental Toxicants or Stresses

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Target Organ Toxicology in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Reproductive organs are important secondary targeted organs for environmental toxicants in nematodes. We here mainly introduced and discussed the potential reproductive toxicity of environmental toxicants or stresses on brood size, generation time, egg-laying, gonad development, and gametogenesis in hermaphrodite nematodes. Moreover, we further introduced and discussed the potential reproductive toxicity of environmental toxicants or stresses on male nematodes, such as toxicity in increasing the rate of male formation, toxicity on male structures, sex-specific response to environmental exposure, and effects from the mating behavior.

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Wang, D. (2019). Reproductive Toxicity Induction in Nematodes Exposed to Environmental Toxicants or Stresses. In: Target Organ Toxicology in Caenorhabditis elegans. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6010-7_7

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