Photoperiod effects on the expression of kisspeptin and gonadotropin genes in Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, during first maturation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-94

  Cowan, M ^a   Davie, A ^a   Migaud, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Brain; Continuous light; Kisspeptin; Maturation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT GENE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; KISSPEPTIN 2 GENE; KISSPEPTIN RECEPTOR 4 GENE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84862878996     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.191     Document Type: Article

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