Expression and localization of forkhead transcriptional factor 2 (Foxl2) in the gonads of protogynous wrasse, Halichoeres trimaculatus

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kobayashi, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Horiguchi, Ryo ^a,b   Nozu, Ryo ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

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EID: 78650389367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-1-3     Document Type: Article

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