Photoperiod and water temperature regulation of seasonal reproduction in male round stingrays (Urobatis halleri)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 717-725

  Mull, Christopher G ^a   Lowe, Christopher G ^a   Young, Kelly A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Gonad histology; Round stingray; Seasonal reproduction; Testis; Testosterone; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; GAMETOGENESIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; THERMOREGULATION; UROBATIS HALLERI; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UROBATIS HALLERI; UROLOPHIDAE;

EID: 54349118850     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.08.029     Document Type: Article

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