Physiological mechanism of homing migration in Pacific salmon from behavioral to molecular biological approaches

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-232

  Ueda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry; Electrophysiology; Evolution; Homing; Imprinting; Lacustrine salmon; Molecular biology; Neuroendocrinology; Olfaction; Pacific salmon; Vision

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; JAPAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMON; SENSORY SYSTEM; SMELLING; SPAWNING; TELEMETRY;

EID: 78650678185     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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