Comparative responses in rare minnow exposed to 17β-estradiol during different life stages

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-349

  Liao, T ^a,b   Guo, Q L ^a   Jin, S W ^c   Cheng, W ^b   Xu, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Estradiol; Hermaphrodism; Sex ratio; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 67650482812     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-008-9247-9     Document Type: Article

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