Maturation-inducing hormone of the tiger puffer, Takifugu rubripes (tetraodontidae, teleostei): Biosynthesis of steroids by the ovaries and the relative effectiveness of steroid metabolites for germinal vesicle breakdown in vitro

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-234

  Matsuyama, Michiya ^a   Sasaki, Ayane ^a   Nakagawa, Koh ^a   Kobayashi, Tohru ^b   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^b   Chuda, Hisashi ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORYZIAS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SALMONIDAE; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0035531027     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.225     Document Type: Article

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