Sex differentiation and sex change in the protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-421

  Wu, Guan Chung ^a   Tomy, Sherly ^a   Lee, Mong Fong ^a   Lee, Yan Horn ^b   Yueh, Wen Shiun ^c   Lin, Chien Ju ^a   Lau, En Lieng ^a   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fish; Gene expression; Gonadal histology; Sex change; Sex differentiation; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DM RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ESTRADIOL; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCIFORMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 77953363039     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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