The crisis of biodiversity we currently experience raises the question of the impact of
anthropogenic chemicals on wild life health. Endocrine disruptors are notably incriminated …

The two essential insect hormones, ecdysteroids and juvenile hormones, are possessed not
only by insects, but also widely by arthropods, and regulate various developmental and …

Systematic consideration of scientific support is a critical element in develo** and,
ultimately, using adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for various regulatory applications …

Mechanisms underlying sex determination and differentiation in animals are known to
encompass a diverse array of molecular clues. Recent innovations in high-throughput …

Several phenol derivatives are suspected endocrine disruptors and have received attention
in risk assessment studies for several decades owing to the structural similarity between …

Sex determination (SD) involves mechanisms that determine whether an individual will
develop into a male, female, or in rare cases, hermaphrodite. Crustaceans harbor extremely …

In the present study, the endocrine activity of the antiepileptic pharmaceutical
carbamazepine (CBZ) in the crustacean Daphnia magna was assessed. To assess the …

Owing to its high production and world-wide usage, plastic pollution is an increasing
concern in marine environments. Plastic is decomposed into nano-and micro-sized debris …

Abstract Background The cladoceran crustacean Daphnia pulex produces female offspring
by parthenogenesis under favorable conditions, but in response to various unfavorable …

Crustaceans, which represent a significant subset of arthropods, are classified into three
major classes: Ostracoda, Malacostraca, and Branchiopoda. Among them, sex manipulation …