TBT Effects on the Development of Intersex (Ovotestis) in Female Fresh Water Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Figure 5
Immunofluorescence expression of vitellin in ovary. (a) Control prawn ovary showed maximum immunostaining expression of vitellin (Vt). (b) Reduction of vitellin () as evident with less intensity of immunostaining at 10 ng/L exposure. (c) Less expression of vitellin () as well as fusion of vitellin content as indicated with moderate immunostaining at 100 ng/L exposure. (d) At 1000 ng/L TBT, treated ovary showing absence of the vitellin. Note the reduction in the intensity of the vitellin in the ovary of treated prawns. Bar: 50 μm.
