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Egg size-dependent expression of growth hormone receptor accompanies compensatory growth in fish.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Feb 2012
Segers F H I D, Berishvili G, Taborsky B
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Large egg size usually boosts offspring survival, but mothers have to trade off egg size against egg number. Therefore, females often produce smaller eggs when environmental conditions for offspring are favourable, which is subsequently compensated for by accelerated juvenile growth. How this rapid growth is modulated on a molecular level is still unclear. As the somatotropic axis is a key regulator of early...
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