Effects of aromatase inhibitors on reproduction in male three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus, exposed to long and short photoperiods

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 419-423

  Bornestaf, C ^a   Antonopoulou, E ^a   Mayer, I ^a   Borg, B ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

1,4,6 androstatriene 3,17 dione; 4 (5,6,7,8 tetrahydrimidazo 1,5 a pyridin 5 yl) benzonitrile monohydrochloride; Aromatase inhibitors; Aromatization; CGS16949 A; Kidney; Maturation; Photoperiod; Secondary sexual characters; Stickleback; Testes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000134408     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007776517447     Document Type: Article

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