Sex change in coral reef fish

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Nakamura, Masaru ^a,b   Kobayashi, Yasuhisa ^a   Miura, Saori ^a   Alam, Mohamad Ashraful ^a   Bhandari, Ramji Kumar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Protandrous sex change; Protogynous sex change; Serial sex change; Sex change; Tropical fish

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORAL REEF; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; GAMETE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; SEA ANEMONE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANTHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748429322     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-7595-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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