Seabream GnRH immunoreactivity in brain and pituitary of XX and XY Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus during early development

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 419-426

  Swapna, I ^a   Sudhakumari, C C ^a,b   Sakai, F ^b   Sreenivasulu, G ^a   Kobayashi, T ^b,c   Kagawa, H ^d   Nagahama, Y ^b   Senthilkumaran, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CICHLID; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; POA; TILAPIA;

EID: 48649100329     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.467     Document Type: Article

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