Thyroid hormone mediates otolith growth and development during flatfish metamorphosis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-137

  Schreiber, A M ^a,b   Wang, X ^a   Tan, Y ^a   Sievers, Q ^a   Sievers, B ^a   Lee, M ^a   Burrall, K ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Lagena; Metamorphosis; Mineralization; Otolith; Sacculus; Thyroid hormone; Utricle; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLATFISH; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE ACTION; INNER EAR; LAGENA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OTOLITH; PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; UTRICLE;

EID: 77957239862     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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