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| | Developmental Synergism of Steroidal Estrogens in Sex Determination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Single treatments with estrone (10, 100, 250, 400, or 1,000 ng), estradiol (75, 200, 400, 1,000, or 5,000 ng), and estriol (10, 20, 30, 50, or 1,000 ng), and a series of combinations of these hormones were used to test for synergistic interactions among natural estrogens (see Table 1). |
 | | In this study we demonstrate that estrone, estradiol, and estriol have different dosage effects when administered individually and that certain pairs of these estrogens produce a synergistic effect on sex reversal of turtle embryos incubated at a male-producing temperature. |
 | | Thus, a portion of the difference in potency of estriol versus estrone and estradiol in the turtle may be related to cooperative binding in response to polar compounds: estriol is more polar than estradiol, which is more polar than estrone. |
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