Immunoreactive gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in the brain and pituitary of adult and juvenile swordtails (Xiphophorus helleri, Teleostei, Poeciliidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-67

  Breuckmann, Andreas ^a   Paris, Frank ^a   Schreibman, Martin P ^b   Blüm, Volker ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0029862344     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199610)230:1<55::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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