Sustained administration of GnRHa increases milt volume without altering sperm counts in the sea bass

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 361-368

  Sorbera, Lisa Ann ^a   Mylonas, Costadinos C ^b   Zanuy, Silvia ^a   Carrillo, Manuel ^a   Zohar, Yonathan ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0030443470     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961201)276:5<361::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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