Ontogeny of immunoreactive LH and FSH cells in relation to early ovarian differentiation and development in protogynous hermaphroditic ricefield Eel Monopterus albus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Yangsheng ^a   He, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Lihong ^a,a   Jiang, He ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Fsh; Lh; Ontogeny; Ovarian development; Ricefield eel

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALBIANI BODY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; FEMALE; HATCHING; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; ONTOGENY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPRING; TELEOST; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MONOPTERUS ALBUS; SYNBRANCHUS BENGALENSIS; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EELS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; IMMUNE SERA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84860640261     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.095646     Document Type: Article

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