Journal article
Male primer endocrine responses to preovulatory female cyprinids under natural conditions in Sweden
Abstract
This study investigated two related aspects of male-female reproductive interactions in the family Cyprinidae: (1) whether ovulating female rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus (subfamily Leuciscinae) induce endocrine and gonadal priming responses in conspecific males, a phenomenon which has been described only in species from the subfamily Cyprininae such as goldfish, Carassius auratus, crucian carp Carassius carassius and common carp, Cyprinus …
Authors
Stacey NE; Van Der Kraak GJ; Olsén KH
Journal
Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 147–165
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
1 2012
DOI
10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03162.x
ISSN
0022-1112