Teleost maturation-inducing hormone, 17,20β-dihydroxypregn-4-en-3-one, peaks after spawning in Tinca tinca

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-242

  Antonopoulou, Efthimia ^a   Tsikliras, Athanassios C ^a   Kocour, Martin ^b   Žlábek, Vladimir ^b   Flajšhans, Martin ^b   Gela, David ^b   Piačková, Veronika ^b   Scott, Alexander P ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17,20 Dihydroxypregn 4 en 3 one; Maturation; Steroid; Teleost; Tench

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATURATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; SPERMATOCYTE; TELEOST; TENCH;

EID: 79955741112     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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