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Published online 31 October 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021028-7
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Feminization of male frogs in the wild
Atrazine gives frogs male and female gonads, says field study.
A widely used herbicide is making male frogs grow female gonads in the US midwest, according to a recent field study. The finding could fuel the controversy over whether or not the chemical is one of the many possible reasons amphibian populations are shrinking worldwide.
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