Hormonal changes in relation to lunar periodicity in the testis of the forktail rabbitfish, Siganus argenteus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 302-309

  Rahman, Md Saydur ^a   Morita, Masaya ^b   Takemura, Akihiro ^a   Takano, Kazunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; 17 ,20 Dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; Forktail rabbitfish; Gonadotropin; Lunar cycle; Siganidae; Sperm motility; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOON; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SIGANUS ARGENTEUS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 0344950488     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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