Effect of temperature decrease on oocyte development, sex steroids, and gonadotropin β-subunit mRNA expression levels in female Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-582

  Sudo, Ryusuke ^a   Tosaka, Ryota ^b   Ijiri, Shigeho ^c   Adachi, Shinji ^c   Suetake, Hiroaki ^d   Suzuki, Yuzuru ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^e   Tanaka, Satoru ^e   Aoyama, Jun ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 KT; Gonadotropins; Japanese eel; Oil drop; Temperature decrease

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 79959894722     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-011-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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