Dynamics and histological characteristics of gonadal sex differentiation in pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) at feminizing and masculinizing temperatures

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 504-514

  Ito, Lauro Satoru ^a,b   Yamashita, Michiaki ^c   Takashima, Fumio ^a   Strüssmann, Carlos Augusto ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Federal Rural University of Amazonia   (Brazil)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMEGMAMORPHA; TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GONADS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMEGMAMORPHA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 20544454876     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.159     Document Type: Article

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