Exposure to low doses of BPA alters gene expression in the fetal mouse ovary

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 05:49 in Biology & Nature

A study posted today (Wednesday, August 25) at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction reports that exposure of pregnant female mice to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A may produce adverse reproductive consequences on gene expression in fetal ovaries as early as 12 hours after the mother has first been exposed to the chemical.

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