Inhibitory effects of the androgenic gland on ovarian development in the mud crab Scylla paramamosain

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-348

  Cui, Zhaoxia ^a,b   Liu, Hong ^a   Lo, Ting Sze ^a   Chu, Ka Hou ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Bioassay; Crustacea; Decapoda; Mud crab; Ovarian development; Reproduction; Scylla paramamosain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITELLOGENESIS;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA PARAMAMOSAIN; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 15244345191     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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