Gonadal structure and P450scc and 3β-HSD immunoreactivity in the gobiid fish Trimma okinawae during bidirectional sex change

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Sunobe, Tomoki ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^b   Kobayashi, Yasuhisa ^b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^c   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^d  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gobiidae; Hermaphrodite; Immunohistochemistry; Steroid production; Trimma

Indexed keywords

GOBIIDAE; TRIMMA OKINAWAE;

EID: 20444401298     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-004-0250-6     Document Type: Article

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