Sexual maturity in western Atlantic bluefin tuna

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Heinisch, Gilad ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Hanna ^c   Knapp, Jessica M ^a,b   Gordin, Hillel ^c   Lutcavage, Molly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TUNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENETICS, POPULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TUNA;

EID: 84922603023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07205     Document Type: Article

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