Ovarian development and serum sex steroid and vitellogenin profiles in the female cultured sturgeon hybrid, the bester

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1164-1178

  Mojazi Amiri, B ^a   Maebayashi, M ^b   Hara, A ^a   Adachi, S ^c   Yamauchi, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Electric Power Co Inc   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

hybrid sturgeon; oogenesis; reproductive cycle; sex steroids; vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030174280     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0118     Document Type: Article

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