| effect of cadmium on gonadal development in freshwater turtle (trachemys scripta, chrysemys picta) embryos. | prior studies on painted turtle (chrysemys picta) sub-populations near the massachusetts military reservation (mmr), a superfund site on cape cod, massachusetts, usa, suggest several reproductive deficits which may be related to xenobiotics. several heavy metals, including cadmium, have been detected in cape cod surface water and sediments. the present study was carried out to investigate the effect of an environmentally relevant dose of cadmium on gonadal development during the end of the germ ... | 2008 | 18205057 |