Variation with semilunar periodicity of plasma steroid hormone production in the mudskipper Boleophthalmus pectinirostris

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 821-826

  Wang, Qiong ^a   Hong, Wanshu ^a   Chen, Shixi ^a   Zhang, Qiyong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boleophthalmus pectinirostris; Plasma steroid hormones; Semilunar periodicity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 38949147110     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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