Aromatase plays a key role during normal and temperature-induced sex differentiation of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-276

  D'Cotta, Helena ^a,b   Fostier, Alexis ^a   Guiguen, Yann ^a   Govoroun, Marina ^a   Baroiller, Jean Francois ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogens; Fish; Gene expression; Sex differentiation; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TILAPIA; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TILAPIA;

EID: 0035007566     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1031     Document Type: Article

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