Effects of hemi-castration on plasma steroid levels in two teleost fishes; The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, and the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-110

  Hellqvist, Anna ^a   Mayer, Ian ^a   Borg, Bertil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; 17 ,20 dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; Castration; Homeostatis; Testosterone; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ANDROGEN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; SPAWNING; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TELEOST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PISCES; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0141608119     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025435625551     Document Type: Article

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