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Precocious maturation in male tiger pufferfish Takifugu rubripes: genetics and endocrinology

Precocious maturation in male tiger pufferfish Takifugu rubripes: genetics and endocrinology

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Precocious maturation in male tiger pufferfish Takifugu rubripes: genetics and endocrinology

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Precocious maturation in male tiger pufferfish Takifugu rubripes: genetics and endocrinology

Publisher

Tokyo: Springer Japan

Journal title

Fisheries science, 2020-03, Vol.86 (2), p.339-351

Language

English

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Tokyo: Springer Japan

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Contents

Testes of the tiger pufferfish
Takifugu rubripes
are a delicacy in Japan, and selective breeding for a male precocious phenotype, i.e., with early initiation of testes development, is desirable. However, it is unknown if precocious gonad development in this species is under genetic control. Here, we investigated genetic involvement in precoci...

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Precocious maturation in male tiger pufferfish Takifugu rubripes: genetics and endocrinology

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2506941725

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2506941725

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ISSN

0919-9268

E-ISSN

1444-2906

DOI

10.1007/s12562-019-01390-4

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