Sex-change and gonadal steroids in sequentially-hermaphroditic teleost fish

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-499

  Frisch, Ashley ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endocrine regulation; Gonadal steroids; Sequential hermaphrodite; Sex change; Teleost fish

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; FISH BIOLOGY; SEX REVERSAL; TELEOST;

TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21844480398     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-005-3586-8     Document Type: Review

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