Morphometric changes and sex steroid levels during the annual reproductive cycle of the Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus

The Lusitanian toadfish has group synchronous oocytes, which grow from November until June–July when they are released probably as a single batch. Blood plasma levels of estradiol-17b (E2) and testosterone (T) increase during vitellogenesis and drop rapidly during final maturation and ovulation, whe...

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Main Author: Modesto, Teresa (author)
Other Authors: Canario, Adelino V. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Reproductive cycle
Gametogenesis
Sex steroids
Lusitanian toadfish
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1049
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/1049

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1049

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