In vivo activity of salmon gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), its agonists with structural modifications at positions 6 and 9, mammalian GnRH agonists and native cGnRH-II on the spawning of an Indian catfish

Aquaculture International

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 383-392

  Alok, D ^a,b   Talwar, G P ^a,c   Garg, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b Center of Marine Biotechnology   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Indian catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) induced spawning; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CATFISH CULTURE; HORMONE; SPAWNING;

ACTINOPTERYGII; GALLUS GALLUS; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033492183     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009262230465     Document Type: Article

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