Over the past century, evidence has emerged that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
have an impact on reproductive health. An increased frequency of reproductive disorders …

Human activities have been exerting widespread stress and environmental risks in aquatic
ecosystems. Environmental stress, including temperature rise, acidification, hypoxia, light …

In the pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis (Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae), exposure to high
and low temperatures during the critical period of sex determination (CPSD) induce …

Reptiles are sensitive to temperature changes as ectotherm animals. The climate warming
may pose more serious threat to reptiles. Although the behavior effect and reproduction …

Atheriniform fishes have recently emerged as attractive models for evolutionary, ecological,
and molecular/physiological studies on sex determination. Many species in this group have …

Environmental changes alter the sex fate in about 15% of vertebrate orders, mainly in
ectotherms such as fish and reptiles. However, the effects of temperature changes on the …

Most cultured Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) show male sex differentiation; however,
natural gonadal sex differentiation has not been evaluated. In this study, this process was …

Post-embryonic acute developmental processes mainly allow the transition from one life
stage in a specific ecological niche to the next life stage in a different ecological niche …

Climate change has been one of the most discussed topics in the world. Global warming is
characterized by an increase in global temperature, also in aquatic environments. The …

This thesis provides original and substantial understanding into: the timing of sex
differentiation; the age at which sex differentiation can be manipulated by application of an …