Effects of a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor on gonadal differentiation of bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1282-1289

  Gao, Ze Xia ^a,b   Wang, Han Ping ^a   Wallat, Geoff ^a   Yao, Hong ^a   Rapp, Dean ^a   O'Bryant, Paul ^a   MacDonald, Russ ^a   Wang, Wei Min ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Lepomis macrochirus; Letrozole; Masculinization; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; INHIBITOR; PERCIFORM; SEX DETERMINATION;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 77955937381     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02414.x     Document Type: Article

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