The switch of secondary sex determination in protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-38

  Wu, Guan Chung ^a   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hermaphroditism; Sex change; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872299290     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9618-0     Document Type: Article

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