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Science 1 May 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3931, pp. 594 - 596
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3931.594
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DDT-Induced Inhibition of Avian Shell Gland Carbonic Anhydrase: A Mechanism for Thin Eggshells

Joel Bitman 1, Helene C. Cecil 1, and George F. Fries 1

1 Animal Husbandry Research Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705

The shell-forming glands of Japanese quail fed p,p'-DDT or p,p'-DDE had carbonic anhydrase activity 16 to 19 percent lower than shell glands of quail on a diet free of pesticides.


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Does DDT Inhibit Carbonic Anhydrase?.
B. H. Dvorchik, M. Istin, and T. H. Maren (1971)
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