Effects of androgens on the development of nuptial coloration and chromatophores in the bitterling rhodeus ocellatus ocellatus

Zoological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Kobayashi, Makito ^a   Tajima, Chihiro ^b   Sugimoto, Masazumi ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Androgen; Bitterling; Erythrophore; Iridophore; Melanophore; Methyltestosterone; Nuptial color

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE;

RHODEUS; RHODEUS OCELLATUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 63049092762     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.125     Document Type: Article

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