Role of prostaglandin in the control of ovulation in the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-241

  Kagawa, Hirohiko ^a   Tanaka, Hideki ^a   Unuma, Tatsuya ^a   Ohta, Hiromi ^a,b   Gen, Koichiro ^a   Okuzawa, Koichi ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Cycloheximide; In vitro ovulation; Indomethacin; Japanese eel; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0038373611     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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