Milt and endocrine responses of mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr to water-borne testosterone, 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3- one 20-sulfate, and the urines from adult female and male salmon

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 142-149

  Waring, C P ^a,b   Moore, A ^a   Scott, A P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; SEX PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

EID: 0030219956     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0105     Document Type: Article

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