Sex Change in the Female Dog-Whelk, Nucella Lapillus , Induced by Tributyltin from Antifouling Paints

@article{Gibbs1988SexCI,
  title={Sex Change in the Female Dog-Whelk, Nucella Lapillus , Induced by Tributyltin from Antifouling Paints},
  author={Peter Edwin Gibbs and P. L. Pascoe and Gary R. Burt},
  journal={Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom},
  year={1988},
  volume={68},
  pages={715-731}
}
Imposex, the development of a penis and vas deferens in the female (Smith, 1971) is known to occur in over 30 species of marine gastropods but, to date, in only one species has this syndrome been demonstrated to have a serious deleterious effect. This species is the dog-whelk, Nucella lapillus L. Both field and laboratory observations have provided conclusive evidence that imposex in N. lapillus is initiated by tributyltin (TBT), used as a biocide in antifouling paints, at concentrations in… 
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