Sexual maturation and reproductive zinc physiology in the female squirrelfish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3367-3376

  Thompson, E David ^a   Mayer, Gregory D ^b   Walsh, Patrick J ^b   Hogstrand, Christer ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Female; Metallothionein; Reproductive physiology; Sexual maturity; Squirrelfish; Vitellogenin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; VITELLOGENIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FISH; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FISHES; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; VITELLOGENINS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; HOLOCENTRIDAE; HOLOCENTRUS; HOLOCENTRUS ADSCENSIONIS;

EID: 0036851563     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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