Short term treatment with aromatase inhibitor induces sex change in the protogynous wrasse, Halichoeres trimaculatus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-364

  Nozu, Ryo ^a   Kojima, Yutaka ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Estrogen; Protogynous wrasse; Sex change

Indexed keywords

FADROZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FISH; HALICHOERES TRIMACULATUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 63449141984     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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