Follicle-stimulating hormone β, luteinizing hormone β and glycoprotein hormone α subunit mRNA levels in artificially maturing Japanese eel Anguilla japonica and naturally maturing New Zealand longfinned eel Anguilla dieffenbachii

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 146-153

  Saito, Koji ^a,d   Lokman, P Mark ^c   Young, Graham ^c   Ozaki, Yuichi ^a   Matsubara, Hajime ^a   Okumura, Hiromi ^a,e   Kazeto, Yukinori ^a,f   Yoshiura, Yasutoshi ^b,g   Aida, Katsumi ^b   Adachi, Shinji ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gonadal maturation; Gonadotropin; Japanese eel; New Zealand longfinned eel; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0037328028     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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