Perspectives on concordant and discordant relations between insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and growth in fishes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-252

  Beckman, Brian R ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Growth; IGF1

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SODIUM; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650678999     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.08.009     Document Type: Review

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