Environmental influences on fertility: can we learn lessons from studies of wildlife?
Wildlife are good models for understanding the impacts of environmental contamination on fertility because [1] exposure doses are representative of actual contaminant mixtures and concentrations in the environment, [2] wildlife populations are more genetically diverse than laboratory animal populations, and [3] both individual and population level effects of fertility compromise can be observed.
Guillette
Louis J
LJ
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-8525. ljg@zoo.ulf.edu
Edwards
Thea M
TM
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects*
D004785:Environmental Pollutants