Immunohistochemical changes in production of pituitary hormones during artificial maturation of female Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-584

  Ozaki, Yuichi ^a,b   Ishida, Koichi ^a   Saito, Koji ^a   Ura, Kazuhiro ^a   Adachi, Shinji ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin; Growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Japanese eel; Maturation; Prolactin; Somatolactin

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; PISCES;

EID: 34250205273     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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