17β-Estradiol, but not testosterone stimulates gonadotropin II concentrations in the protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli Bleeker

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 345-351

  Lee, Y H ^a   Du, J L ^a   Yueh, W S ^a   Lee, R Y ^a   Tanaka, H ^b   Chang, C F ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

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ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII;

EID: 0001126932     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007830019846     Document Type: Article

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