Effects of sustained administration of testosterone in pre-pubertal sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L)

Aquaculture

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 21-35

  Zanuy, Silvia ^a   Carrillo, Manuel ^a   Mateos, Jorge ^a   Trudeau, Vance ^b   Kah, Olivier ^c  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

European sea bass; Puberty; Sex steroids; sGnRH; Teleost; Testicular development

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; IMPLANTATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX;

EID: 0033168418     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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