Sex differences in pectoral muscles but not in pectoral fins in the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1451-1459

  Hoffmann, E ^a   Borg, B ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Androgen; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Pectoral fin; Pectoral muscle; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BREEDING SEASON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; ORESUND; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 33745294353     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.001030.x     Document Type: Article

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