Sex Differentiation and Pubertal Development of Gonads in the Viviparous Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1231-1242

  Koya, Yasunori ^a   Fujita, Akira ^a   Niki, Fumiko ^a   Ishihara, Eriko ^a   Miyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadal development; Juvenile hermaphroditism; Primordial germ cell; Sex differentiation; Viviparous teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0346343462     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.1231     Document Type: Article

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