Journal article
Periovulatory female goldfish release three potential pheromones: 17α,20β-Dihydroxyprogesterone, 17α,20β-dihydroxyprogesterone glucuronide, and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone
Abstract
Our previous studies have shown that 17 alpha,20 beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17,20 beta-P) produced by preovulatory female goldfish functions both as a hormone promoting oocyte final maturation and as a primer sex pheromone stimulating rapid reproductive endocrine responses in the male. In the present study, the amounts of free and glucuronated 17,20 beta-P as well as free 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17P) released to the holding water by …
Authors
Van Der Kraak G; Sorensen PW; Stacey NE; Dulka JG
Journal
General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 452–457
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 1989
DOI
10.1016/0016-6480(89)90202-5
ISSN
0016-6480