Aromatase pathway mediates sex change in each direction

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1570, 2005, Pages 1399-1405

  Kroon, Frederieke J ^a   Munday, Philip L ^b   Westcott, David A ^a   Hobbs, Jean Paul A ^b   Liley, N Robin ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Coral goby; Gobiodon; Oestradiol; Sex change

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIODON;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 24044466185     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3097     Document Type: Article

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