Effects of oestradiol-enriched diet and of feeding with porcine testicular tissue on macroscopic gonadal sex in European eels

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 484-492

  Andersen, D ^a   Boetius I ^a   Olesen Larsen, L ^b   Hjulmann Seidler, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Gonadal sex; Growth; Oestradiol; Sex reversal; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000420689     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01442.x     Document Type: Article

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