Heart growth associated with sexual maturity in male rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is hyperplastic

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 607-611

  Bailey, John R ^a   West, Jenny L ^a   Driedzic, William R ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart growth; Hyperplasia; Hypertrophy; Rainbow trout; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031410840     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00226-5     Document Type: Article

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