The timing of puberty in cultured female yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea (Storer): Oogenesis and sex steroid production in vivo and in vitro

Aquaculture

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 188-196

  Manning, Anthony J ^a   Burton, Margaret P M ^b   Crim, Laurence W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oogenesis; Pleuronectidae; Puberty; Reproduction; Sexual maturation; Yellowtail flounder

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY SIZE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FISH CULTURE; FLATFISH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL MATURITY; TESTOSTERONE;

LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; PLEURONECTIDAE; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 45249092135     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.03.059     Document Type: Article

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