Production of monosex male populations of European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax L. by use of the synthetic androgen 17α-methyldehydrotestosterone

Aquaculture

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 225-234

  Chatain, B ^a   Saillant, E ^a   Peruzzi, S ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CEFREM   (France)

Author keywords

17 Methyldehydrotestosterone; Dicentrarchus labrax; Sea bass; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MARICULTURE; SEX HORMONE; SEX REVERSAL;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX;

EID: 0033179581     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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