Annual changes in serum vitellogenin concentrations in viviparous eelpout, Zoarces elongatus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1217-1223

  Koya, Yosunori ^a   Matsubara, Takahiro ^b   Ikeuchi, Toshitaka ^c   Adachi, Shinji ^c   Yamauchi, Kohei ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eelpout; Estradiol 17 ; Gestation; Purification; Reproduction; Teleost; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

BODY GROWTH; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEOST; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0031416318     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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