The social status of the male Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) influences testis structure and gene expression

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-84

  Pfennig, Frank ^a   Kurth, Thomas ^a   Meißner, Stefan ^a   Standke, Andrea ^a   Hoppe, Markus ^a   Zieschang, Freia ^a   Reitmayer, Christine ^a   Göbel, Andy ^a   Kretzschmar, Georg ^a   Gutzeit, Herwig O ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM LINE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE; TERRITORIALITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; MYOIDA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855696027     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0292     Document Type: Article

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