Evidence that estrogen regulates the sex change of honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra), a protogynous hermaphrodite fish

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-503

  Bhandari, Ramji Kumar ^a,b   Alam, Mohammad Ashraful ^b   Higa, Mikihiko ^b   Soyano, Kiyoshi ^c   Nakamura, Masaru ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS MERRA; PISCES;

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; GONADS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; JAPAN; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

EID: 20544447804     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.178     Document Type: Article

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