Journal article
Hormonal induction of precocious sex reversal in the ricefield eel, Monopterus albus
Abstract
The present study has evaluated the effects of a salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog (sGnRH-A), the dopamine receptor antagonist domperidone (DOM) and carp pituitary homogenate (CPH) on sex reversal and serum steroid levels in the ricefield eel. Treatment with sGnRH-A alone or in combination with DOM for a 9-week period induced precocious sex reversal of female to male ricefield eel. The gonads of sex-reversed fish contained functional …
Authors
Tao Y-X; Lin H-R; Van Der Kraak G; Peter RE
Journal
Aquaculture, Vol. 118, No. 1-2, pp. 131–140
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 1993
DOI
10.1016/0044-8486(93)90286-8
ISSN
0044-8486