Immunocytochemical localization of gonadotropins during the development of XX and XY Nile tilapia

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 177-181

  Sakai, F ^b   Swapna, I ^a   Sudhakumari, C C ^a,d   Ganesh, M V N L ^a   Kagawa, H ^c   Kobayashi, T ^b   Fan, H ^b   Nagahama, Y ^b   Senthilkumaran, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FSH; LH; Ontogeny; The Nile tilapia; XX XY fish

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; TILAPIA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 33748439113     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-0021-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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