Imposex is a disorder in sea snails caused by the toxic effects of certain marine pollutants. These pollutants cause female sea snails (marine gastropod molluscs) to develop male sex organs such as a penis and a vas deferens). ==Imposex inducing substances== It was believed that the only inducer of imposex was tributyltin (TBT), which can be activ...
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a condition in which male sexual characteristics, such as the development of a penis, is superimposed on female gastropods. An example is the effect of tributytin on the common dogwhelk.
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