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JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY
卷 35, 期 6, 页码 789-792出版社
CRUSTACEAN SOC
DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002379
关键词
amphipod; estrogen; Gammarus; interspecific testosterone; 17 beta-estradiol
资金
- Faculty Development program
- Department of Life Sciences at Carroll University
The presence and biological significance of vertebrate-related steroid sex hormones in aquatic invertebrates are poorly understood. We compared the concentrations of estrogen (17 beta-estradiol) and testosterone between amplexing male and female freshwater amphipods of three species from two continents: Gammarus duebeni celticus Liljeborg, 1852 and G. pulex (L., 1758) from Europe, and G. pseudolimnaeus Bousfield, 1958 from North America. All three species were found to have measureable concentrations of both hormones in whole body lysate samples but the concentrations differed between species, with testosterone differing significantly between species only for male amphipods and estradiol differing significantly between species only for female amphipods. Concentrations of both testosterone and estrogen differed between males and females in two of the three species (G. duebeni celticus and G. pseudolimnaeus). Females had the highest concentration of both hormones in G. duebeni celticus and the lowest concentration of both hormones in G. pseudolimnaeus. These results contribute to a growing body of evidence that these hormones are endogenously produced and biologically relevant in amphipods. Such evidence is particularly important in light of increasing prevalence of endocrine-disrupting compounds in the environment and the central role played by amphipods in aquatic ecosystems.
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