Morphological sex change upon treatment by endocrine modulators in meiogynogenetic tench (Tinca tinca L.)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Hulak, Martin ^a   Psenicka, Martin ^a   Gela, David ^a   Rodina, Marek ^a   Linhart, Otomar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aromatizable androgen; Neomales; Sex control; Sexual plasticity; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ENDOCRINOLOGY; JUVENILE; MASCULINIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; STEROID;

TINCA; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 74349097673     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02325.x     Document Type: Article

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