Sex steroids and spermatogenesis in the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Cavaco, J E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Estradiol; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Sex steroids; Spermatogenesis; Teleost; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 14944361576     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490500625     Document Type: Article

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