Concomitant downregulation of neuropeptide genes in a marine snail with consecutive sexual maturation after a nuclear disaster in Japan

Consecutive sexual maturation (CSM), an abnormal reproductive phenomenon of a marine snail, Reishia clavigera, has occurred since 2017 in the vicinity of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the nuclear disaster there. We hypothesized that alterations in animal physiology mediated through...

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Main Authors: Fumihiro Morishita, Toshihiro Horiguchi, Hiroto Akuta, Tatsuya Ueki, Takuya Imamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1129666/full