Effect of Sex Steroids on the mRNA Levels of Gonadotropin I and II Subunits in the Goldfish Carassius auratus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 715-721

  Sohn, Young Chang ^a   Yoshiura, Yasutoshi ^a,b   Kobayashi, Makito ^a   Aida, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Goldfish; Gonadotropin; MRNA; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 0000104639     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.715     Document Type: Article

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