... areculprit of decline in populations of common whelks in somearea of the world [2, 26, 27]. Putative mechanism of endocrine disrupting action of TBT was ascribed to thesecretion of Penis Morphogenic ... methyltes-tosterone, TBT chloride*Corresponding author: Young-won YunDepartment of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine,Chungbuk National University, 48 Gaeshin-dong, Heungduk-gu,Cheongju ... (PMF) inducing maledifferentiation and/ or hormonal disruption by inhibition of aromatase [16].There are scarcely reports identifying short-term effects of TBT compounds on reproductive system in...