Spawning induction in the carp: Past experience and future prospects - A review

Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-26

  Yaron, Z ^a   Bogomolnaya, A ^a   Drori, S ^a   Biton, I ^b   Aizen, J ^c   Kulikovsky, Z ^b   Levavi Sivan, B ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Gan Shmuel Fish Breeding Center   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

17 20 dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; 17 estradiol; cdc2 kinase; cGtH; cLH; Cyclin B; Cyprinus carpio; Dagin; Dopamine; Extract; Germinal vesicle; GnRH; GnRHa; Gonadotropin; hCG; Hypothalamus; Maturation promoting factor; Metoclopramide; Oocyte maturation; Pichia pastoris; Pituitary; Recombinant LH; Spawning induction; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONE; MATURATION; SPAWNING; STEROID;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; COPROSMA KAUENSIS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 66749149425     PISSN: 0792156X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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