Circulating levels and in vitro production of two maturation-inducing hormones in teleost: 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one and 17α,20β,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, in a daily spawning wrasse, Pseudolabrus japonicus

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Matsuyama, M ^a   Ohta, K ^a   Morita, S ^b   Hoque, M M ^a   Kagawa, H ^c   Kambegawa, A ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Sea Farming Center   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Kambegawa Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 ,20 ,21 trihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; 17 ,20 dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; Bambooleaf wrasse; Daily spawning; Maturation inducing hormone; Oocyte maturation; Teleost

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOLABRUS JAPONICUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0001906443     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007761729290     Document Type: Article

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