Endocrine manipulations of spawning in cultured fish: from hormones to genes

Abstract excerpt

Almost all fish reared in captivity exhibit some form of reproductive dysfunction. In females, there is often failure to undergo final oocyte maturation, ovulation and spawning; while in males milt production may be reduced and of low quality. These dysfunctions are due to the fact that fish in captivity do not experience the conditions of the spawning grounds, and as a result there is a failure of the pituitary t...

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• Disease Models, Animal
• Endocrine Disruptors
• Mutation
• Ovary
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
• Zebrafish
• Zebrafish Proteins

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Literature Corpus work

1a6a1b26-ffa4-55b4-b439-631d2660f555

DOI

10.1016/s0044-8486(01)00584-1