Examination of the ability of gonadal sex change in primary males of the diandric wrasses Halichoeres poecilopterus and Halichoeres tenuispinis: Estrogen implantation experiments

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-224

  Miyake, Yuko ^a   Fukui, Yukio ^a   Kuniyoshi, Hisato ^a   Sakai, Yoichi ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diandry; Estradiol 17 ; Halichoeres; Primary male; Sex change; Wrasse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

HALICHOERES; HALICHOERES TENUISPINIS; LABRIDAE; PARAJULIS POECILEPTERUS; PISCES; SCARIDAE;

EID: 41949112048     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.220     Document Type: Article

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