Molecular aspects of gonadal differentiation in a teleost fish, the Nile tilapia

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 108-117

  Kobayashi, T ^a,b,c   Nagahama, Y ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dmrt1; Estrogen; foxl2; Germ cell; Gonad; Morphogenesis; Sex differentiation; Somatic cell; Teleost; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOGENESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; GONADS; MORPHOGENESIS; RIVERS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TILAPIA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 69249113119     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000223076     Document Type: Review

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