Induction of gonadal intersex in genotypic male rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) embryos following immersion in estradiol-17β

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 495-501

  Krisfalusi, Michelle ^a   Nagler, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Fish; Intersex; Sex differentiation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OVARY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033921280     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2795(200008)56:4<495::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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