Stability in aromatase immunoreactivity of steroid-producing cells during early development of XX Gonads of the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus: An organ culture study

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-348

  Sakai, Fumie ^a,b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^c   Matsuda, Masaru ^b,d   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen; Fish; Organ culture; Ovarian differentiation; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONAD; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADS; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 44149122615     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.344     Document Type: Article

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