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Methylmercury sexual dimorphism in the mouse

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5–8 days after a single nontoxic dose of radioactive methylmercury chloride adult male mouse kidneys contain twice as much radioactive mercury per unit wet wt as do kidneys of similarly dosed adult females.

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics, Radiation Biology and Biophysics Genetics and Obstetrics, Environmental Health Sciences Center and University of Rochester, School of Medicine, 14642, Rochester, New York, USA

    R. A. Doherty, A. H. Gates, C. E. Sewell & C. Freer

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This investigation was supported in part by NSF (RANN) grants (GI-30097 and AEN75-14889), by Program Project grant (ES-01248) and Center grant (ES-01247) from the NIEHS, and in part by the US Department of Energy at the University of Rochester Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics and has been assigned Report No. UR-3490-1308.

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Doherty, R.A., Gates, A.H., Sewell, C.E. et al. Methylmercury sexual dimorphism in the mouse. Experientia 34, 871–872 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01939673

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