Bilateral eyestalk ablation of the blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus, produces hypertrophy of the androgenic gland and an increase of cells producing insulin-like androgenic gland hormone

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Sroyraya, Morakot ^a   Chotwiwatthanakun, Charoonroj ^a   Stewart, Michael J ^b   Soonklang, Nantawan ^c   Kornthong, Napamanee ^a   Phoungpetchara, Ittipon ^a   Hanna, Peter J ^a,b   Sobhon, Prasert ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Eyestalk ablation; Hypertrophy; Insulin like androgenic gland hormone; Portunus pelagicus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGENIC GLAND HORMONE; HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGENIC GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUE CRAB; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EJACULATORY DUCT; ENDOCRINE GLAND; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAS DEFERENS;

CRUSTACEA; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 77956990633     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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