Variation in gene transcript profiles of two V1a-type arginine vasotocin receptors among sexual phases of bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-464

  Lema, Sean C ^a,b   Slane, Melissa A ^c   Salvesen, Kelley E ^b,d   Godwin, John ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Fish; Gonad; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptide; Receptor; Sex change

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONAD FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; V1A1 GENE; V1A2 GENE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PERCIFORMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84868242295     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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