Changes along the pituitary-gonadal axis during maturation of the black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 405-413

  Gur, Gal ^a   Melamed, Philippa ^a   Gissis, Achikam ^b   Yaron, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Kibbutz Ha'Maapil   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARP; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CARPS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADS; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MYLOPHARYNGODON PICEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034161306     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000301)286:4<405::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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