Article
Ontogeny of gonadal sex development relative to growth in fathead minnow
2004-02-01
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian differentiation of fathead minnow Pimephales promelas occurred at between 10 and 25 days post‐hatch (dph)(8–11 mm fork length, L F , and 7–12 mg), and was characterized by the presence of meiotic cells in the centre of the gonad, location of the somatic cells at the periphery of the gonad and the formation of an ovarian cavity. In contrast with the developing ovary, in the presumptive testis somatic cells...
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- Literature Corpus work
- f6508f3b-5495-5177-a95e-2ca8345dae2b
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00296.x
