Circulating c-21 steroids in relation to reproductive condition of a viviparous marine teleost, Sebastes rastrelliger (grass rockfish)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 268-280

  Moore, R K ^a   Scott, A P ^b   Collins, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C 21 steroids; Parturition; Pregnancy; Rockfish; Sebastes; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TELEOST; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0033953510     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7422     Document Type: Article

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