Synchronization of plasma sexual steroid concentrations and gonadal cycles in the sleeper, Eleotris acanthopoma

Zoological Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-20

  Wang, Hurng Yi ^a,b   Weng, Ching Feng ^c   Tu, Ming Chung ^a   Lee, Sin Che ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Eleotris acanthopoma; Estradiol (E2) and Testosterone (T); Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035218521     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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