Egg size-dependent expression of growth hormone receptor accompanies compensatory growth in fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1728, 2012, Pages 592-600

  Segers, F H I D ^a   Berishvili, G ^b   Taborsky, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Egg size; Fish; Gene expression; Maternal effects; Somatotropic axis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CICHLID; COMPENSATION; CONSPECIFIC; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; HORMONE; JUVENILE; MATERNAL EFFECT; ONTOGENY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84055176826     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1104     Document Type: Article

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