Effect of egg deprivation on sex steroids, gonadotropin, prolactin, and growth hormone profiles during the reproductive cycle of the mouthbrooding cichlid fish Oreochromis niloticus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-65

  Tacon, P ^a   Baroiller, J F ^a,b,c   Le Bail, P Y ^a   Prunet, P ^a   Jalabert, B ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c IDESSA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Gonadotropin; Growth hormone; Maternal behavior; Oreochromis niloticus; Prolactin; Reproductive cycle; Sex steroids; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0033950155     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7388     Document Type: Article

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