Sexually mature male goldfish release large quantities of androstenedione into the water where it functions as a pheromone

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-175

  Sorensen, P W ^a   Pinillos, M ^b   Scott, A P ^b  

^a Univ M   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17,20 Dihydroxypregn 4 en 3 one; Androgen; Androstenedione; Goldfish; Olfaction; Pheromone; Sex steroid; Spermiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; PHEROMONE; SEX HORMONE; WATER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; STEROID RELEASE;

EID: 11444251221     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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