Characterization of molecular variants of GnRH, induction of spermiation and sex reversal using salmon GnRH-A and domperidone in the protogynous diandric fish, Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, (Teleostei, Synbranchidae)

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 425-436

  Ravaglia, M A ^a   Lo Nostro, F L ^a   Maggese, M C ^a   Guerrero, G A ^a   Somoza, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diandric; Domperidone; Fish; GnRH; Hermaphroditism; Protogynous; Sex reversal; Spermiation; Synbranchidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001150429     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007772416539     Document Type: Article

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