Plasma gonadotropin II, sex steroids, and thyroid hormones in wild striped bass (Morone saxatilis) during spermiation and final oocyte maturation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-236

  Mylonas, Constantinos C ^a   Scott, Alexander P ^b   Zohar, Yonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FISH; GERMINAL VESICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PERCIFORMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 0030728062     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6967     Document Type: Article

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