Hormonal control of reproduction and growth | Endocrine Control of Sex Differentiation in Fish

Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1490-1499

  Piferrer, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgens; Aromatase; Cyp19a; Estradiol; Estrogens; Fish; Gonad formation; Hermaphroditism; Intersex; Sex determination; Sex differentiation; Sex ratio; Sex steroid receptors; Sex steroids; Steroidogenic enzymes; Teleost; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865425102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00162-3     Document Type: Chapter

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