Endocrine control of sexual behavior in teleost fish

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 456-468

  Munakata, Arimune ^a   Kobayashi, Makito ^b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Goldfish; Masu salmon; Prostaglandin; Sex steroid; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOLDFISH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALMON; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPAWNING;

EID: 73149092493     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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