Sex differentiation in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.): morphological and gene expression studies

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Haugen, Trine ^a   Almeida, Fernanda F L ^b,d   Andersson, Eva ^a   Bogerd, Jan ^b   Male, Rune ^c   Skaar, Katrine S ^c   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^b   Sørhus, Elin ^a   Wijgerde, Tim ^b   Taranger, Geir L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amh; Anti m llerian hormone; Aromatase; Atlantic cod; cyp19a1a; dax1; Masculinization; Sex differentiation; shp

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYP19A1A ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TOTAL BODY LENGTH;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; AROMATASE; DAX-1 ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; FEMALE; GADUS MORHUA; GONADS; MALE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84862264788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-10-47     Document Type: Article

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