Reproductive endocrinology in chondrichthyans: The present and the future

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-70

  Awruch, C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conservation; Elasmobranchs; Holocephalans; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE I; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE II; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHIMERA; ELASMOBRANCH; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE ANIMAL; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HOLOCEPHALI; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

CONSERVATION; ELASMOBRANCHS; HOLOCEPHALANS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84884417157     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.05.021     Document Type: Review

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