Jennifer Freeman, Maria S. Sepulveda and Sara E. Wirbisky, Purdue University (IMAGE)

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Jennifer Freeman, Maria S. Sepulveda and Sara E. Wirbisky, Purdue University

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Jennifer Freeman, (center) an associate professor of toxicology in the School of Health Sciences, has found that atrazine exposure during embryonic development in zebrafish can cause later reproductive problems and physical deformations in their offspring. The research, co-authored by Maria S. Sepulveda, (left) professor of forestry and natural resources; and Sara E. Wirbisky, (right) a health sciences graduate student, is published in Nature's Scientific Reports.

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