Atrazine gives frogs male and female gonads, says field study.
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Hayes, T., Haston, K., Tsui, M., Hoang, A., Haeffele, C. & Vonk, A. Feminization of male frogs in the wild. Nature, 419, 895 - 896, (2002).
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Feminization of male frogs in the wild. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news021028-7
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