Morphometric changes and sex steroid levels during the annual reproductive cycle of the Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-231

  Modesto, Teresa ^a   Canário, Adelino V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Halobatrachus didactylus; Lusitanian toadfish; Male dimorphism; Reproductive cycle; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; 17,20BETA,21 TRIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; ESTRADIOL; PREGNENOLONE DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; GAMETOGENESIS; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0037403507     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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