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现场研究显示,在英国的污水处理厂下游的河流中,野生鱼类如众所周知的斜齿鳊(Rutilus rutilus)中雌雄同体特征(同时具有雄性和雌性特征)和卵睾(卵子存在于睾丸中)呈高发态势。而且,研究证明,雌雄同体的雄鱼很少能繁殖,这可能与种群有关。然而,至今科学家还不能用控制污水暴露来诱发雄鱼雌雄同体。在埃克塞特大学(The
University of Exeter)的一项研究显示,雄鱼生殖管雌性化敏感期,即睾丸形成卵巢样腔体,可能比先前预料的要早些,因此引发了一个新问题,即有关引起客观的生殖细胞分裂的条件[EHP
113:1299-1307 (2005)]。