Gonad differentiation and puberty onset in the zebrafish: Evidence for the dependence of puberty onset on body growth but not age in females

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 384-392

  Chen, Weiting ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CURVE; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877922066     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22172     Document Type: Article

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