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Opposite-directional sex change in functional female protandrous anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii: effect of aromatase inhibitor on the ovarian tissue

INTRODUCTION: The anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, is a protandrous hermaphrodite. Under appropriate social conditions, male fish can become female. Previous studies indicated that estrogens are important regulators of sex change in this fish. However, the mechanism of sexual plasticity in the gonad...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Masaru, Miura, Saori, Nozu, Ryo, Kobayashi, Yasuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4657263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-015-0027-y