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Expression of gonadotropin and gonadotropin receptor genes during early sexual maturation in male Atlantic salmon parr
14 Sept 2007
Abstract excerpt
Atlantic salmon males may mature already as small parr in freshwater. Sexual maturation in teleosts as in vertebrates is characterized by the activation of the brain-pituitary-gonad axis. The endocrine regulation of early puberty is still not well understood. In the present study, one-summer-old male Atlantic salmon parr were sampled regularly from December several months prior to the beginning of spermatogenesis...
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