Sexually dimorphic expression of pituitary glycoprotein hormones in a sex-changing fish (Pseudolabrus sieboldi)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 534-541

  Ohta, Kohei ^a,b,c   Mine, Takayuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihiko ^a   Matsuyama, Michiya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; MALE; PERCIFORMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

PSEUDOLABRUS SIEBOLDI;

EID: 57749196927     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.485     Document Type: Article

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