Gonadal changes and blood sex steroids levels during natural sex inversion in the protogynous Mediterranean red porgy, Pagrus pagrus (Teleostei: Sparidae)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-48

  Kokokiris, L ^a,c   Fostier, A ^b   Athanassopoulou, F ^c   Petridis, D ^d   Kentouri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hermaphrodite; Pagrus pagrus; Protogynous; Sex inversion; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BREEDING; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FISH; GERM CELL; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTIS;

EID: 33747877428     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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