Follistatin is an early player in rainbow trout ovarian differentiation and is both colocalized with aromatase and regulated by the wnt pathway

Sexual Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 267-276

  Nicol, B ^a   Yano, A ^a   Jouanno, E ^a   Guerin A ^a   Fostier, A ^a   Guiguen, Y ^a,b  

^a Parc Scientifique de Luminy   (France)

^b Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

Author keywords

Follistatin; Rainbow trout; Sex differentiation; Teleost fish; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TELEOSTEI;

AROMATASE; FOLLISTATIN;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OVARY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84880039648     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350687     Document Type: Article

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