Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and the egg size versus egg number trade off: Effects of ration size on fecundity are not mediated by orthologues of the Fec gene

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1015-1021

  Forbes, Erin L ^a   Preston, Craig D ^a   Lokman, P Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bone morphogenetic protein 15; gonadosomatic index; growth differentiation factor 9

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC FACTOR 15 GENE; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; FEC GENE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE NUMBER; PARAMETER; ZEBRA FISH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 77954260118     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09257     Document Type: Article

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