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The transgenerational effects of pesticide chlordecone on prostate

ABSTRACT: The environmental factors such as pesticides could affect the developmental processes and cause the phenotypic changes. Moreover, the changes could be transferred to a subsequent generation via gametes. In this project we studied whether the pesticide chlordecone could cause the developmental effects and cause the transgenerational inheritance in outbred mouse strain (Swiss). Mice were treated during development (E6.5-E15.5) at dose 100 µg/kg/day and the progeny of exposed mice (F1) were crossed for three generations. The prostate of the first (F1) and third generation males (F3) were used for RNA-seq-analysis. We used three biological replicates for each condition.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE135200 | GEO | 2021/04/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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