Proliferation and apoptosis of male germ cells in captive Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.) treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 346-357

  Corriero, A ^a   Medina, A ^b   Mylonas, C C ^c   Bridges, C R ^d   Santamaria, N ^a   Deflorio, M ^a   Losurdo, M ^a   Zupa, R ^a   Gordin, H ^e   de la Gandara, F ^f   Belmonte Rios A ^g   Pousis, C ^a   De Metrio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^f Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^g Tuna Graso SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bluefin tuna; Germ cells; GnRHa; Proliferation; Spawning induction; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EVALUATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GERM CELL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TUNA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG IMPLANTS; FISHERIES; GERM CELLS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; TUNA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 70350001941     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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