Influence of 17 α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one injected into a post- ovulatory female on the reproductive behavior of male nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 759-763

  De Souza, S M G ^a   Lucion, A B ^a   Wassermann, G F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

17 20 dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one (17,20 P); Anosmia; Courtship behavior; Dominant male; Fish; Milt production; Nile tilapia; Pheromone; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032033562     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)01012-5     Document Type: Article

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