Effects of 11-ketotestosterone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone on follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone gene expression in castrated and sham-operated male red seabream Pagrus major

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1049-1058

  Yamaguchi, Sonoko ^a,d   Gen, Koichiro ^b   Okuzawa, Koichi ^b,e   Kumakura, Naoki ^c,f   Matsuyama, Michiya ^a   Kagawa, Hirohiko ^b,g  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

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

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department   (Philippines)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Male red seabream; Steroid feedback

Indexed keywords

PAGRUS MAJOR;

EID: 27944478667     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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