Social dominance in tilapia is associated with gonadotroph hyperplasia

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-135

  Golan, Matan ^a   Levavi Sivan, Berta ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

FSH; Gonadotroph; Hyperplasia; Social status; Tilapia; Tol2

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL KINETICS; CELL POPULATION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPH HYPERPLASIA; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

FSH; GONADOTROPH; HYPERPLASIA; SOCIAL STATUS; TILAPIA; TOL2;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GONADOTROPHS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; TILAPIA;

EID: 84884415673     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.032     Document Type: Article

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