Sex change of adult initial-phase male wrasse, Halichoeres trimaculatus by estradiol-17β treatment

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 628-632

  Kojima, Y ^a   Bhandari, R K ^b   Kobayashi, Y ^a   Nakamura, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Initial phase wrasse; Sex change

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GERM CELL; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 43049113841     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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