Puberty in male fish: Concepts and recent developments with special reference to the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Aquaculture

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Schulz, Rüdiger W ^a   Goos, Henk J Th ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endocrine regulation; Gonadotrope activation; Missing link concept; Puberty; Sex steroids; Spermatogenesis; Teleost fish

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 0033168535     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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