Estradiol-17β stimulates aromatase activity and reversible sex change in protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-173

  Chang, Ching Fong ^a   Lin, Bih Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI;

EID: 0032007939     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980201)280:2<165::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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