Sex reversal in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus) by androgen immersion

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Wassermann, Gustavo Javier ^a   Afonso, Luís Orlando Bertolla ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Masculinization; Sex control; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; FISH CULTURE; MASCULINIZATION; SEX HORMONE; SEX REVERSAL;

OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0037419624     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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