Effects of progesterone, testosterone, and estrogen on sexual reproduction of the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 441-449

  Yang, Jiaxin ^a,b   Snell, Terry W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental hormones; Fertilization; Mixis; Reproduction; Resting eggs

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; SEX HORMONE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650240628     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201011267     Document Type: Article

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