Sex reversal in the medaka Oryzias latipes by brief exposure of early embryos to estradiol-17β

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1163-1167

  Kobayashi, Hirokuni ^a   Iwamatsu, Takashi ^b  

^a ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Oryzias latipes; Sex determination; Sex differentiation; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; ORYZIAS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORYZIAS; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 28844465828     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.1163     Document Type: Article

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