Equivalent whole-body concentrations of 11-ketotestosterone in female and male coral goby Gobiodon erythrospilus, a bidirectional sex-changing fish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 685-692

  Kroon, F J ^a   Munday, P L ^b   Westcott, D A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Gobiidae; Gonadal structure; Sex change

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TESTOSTERONE;

ANTHOZOA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIODON; GOBIODON ERYTHROSPILUS;

EID: 70349306678     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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