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In females, this syndrome included early puberty and increased uterine responsiveness to estrogen, and in males, it included reduced testis, epididymis, and seminal vesicle size, but an enlarged prostate. The low-phytoestrogen\u2013fed males and females were lighter at birth, but, between weaning and adulthood, they became obese and developed abnormally high serum leptin levels; these males, but not females, showed impaired glucose regulation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Removing phytoestrogens from mouse feed produces an obese phenotype consistent with metabolic syndrome, and the associated reproductive system abnormalities are consistent with FES due to elevated endogenous fetal estradiol. Laboratory rodents may have become adapted to high-phytoestrogen intake over many generations of being fed soy-based commercial feed; removing all phytoestrogens from feed leads to alterations that could disrupt many types of biomedical research.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.10448","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,11,26]],"date-time":"2007-11-26T09:51:27Z","timestamp":1196070687000},"page":"322-328","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":87,"title":["Low Phytoestrogen Levels in Feed Increase Fetal Serum Estradiol Resulting in the \u201cFetal Estrogenization Syndrome\u201d and Obesity in CD-1 Mice"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"116","author":[{"given":"Rachel L.","family":"Ruhlen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kembra 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