Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in fish: Evolution, expression and regulation of the GnRH gene

Hormones And Their Receptors In Fish Reproduction

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-39

  Sherwood, Nancy M ^a   Adams, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789812569189_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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