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Gonadal regeneration in masculinized female or steroid-treated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
The Journal of experimental zoology - 1 Sept 2001
Kersten C A, Krisfalusi M, Parsons J E, Cloud J G
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In salmonids, the development of an indifferent gonad into a testis or an ovary is normally determined chromosomally but can be reversed or changed by the administration of exogenous steroids during specific times in embryonic development. Because the gonads of sexually mature rainbow trout (RBT) are capable of regeneration following surgical removal and since regeneration of some tissue involves...
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