Serum estradiol-17β and testosterone levels during silvering in wild Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 913-920

  Han, Yu San ^a   Liao, I Chiu ^b   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a   Huang, Yung Sen ^c   Yu, John Yuh Lin ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^d ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Estradiol 17 ; Gonadal development; Japanese eel Anguilla japonica; Liver; Sex steroid; Silvering; Testosterone; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER SIZE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPAWNING; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0344234431     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.09.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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