Vertebrate endocrine disruptors induce sex-reversal in blue mussels.

However, there is a clear trend of buildup of sterols in mussels exposed to KZ, notably increased cholesterol and 24-methylene cholesterol, a marine, invertebrate, and plant steroid 32 – 34 also found as a minor metabolite in mice (and presumably other vertebrates) 35 (Fig. 4 ; Figure S1 ).

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Our study showed a trend of increasing steroid levels in KZ exposed mussels.

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