LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Masculinization in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) by androgen immersion: The interaction effect of hormone concentration and immersion time

Asad, F; Qamer, S; Ashraf, A; Ali, T; Shaheen, Z; Akhter, S; Nisar, A; Parveen, A; Cheema, N; Mustafa, G.

Braz. j. biol; 81 (2), 2021

Synthetic androgens (male hormones) administered to fish nursery are being used in aquaculture to avoid sexual differentiation and unwanted spawning at the eggs or the first feeding fry stage of fish. Present trial was conducted with the aim to produce male common carp (Cyprinus carpio) by egg immersion ...

Andrógenos/farmacología, Acuicultura, Carpas/fisiología, Inmersión, Metiltestosterona/administración & dosificación, Razón de Masculinidad

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Identification and expression analysis of two Wnt4 genes in the spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)

Background: WNT4 is a protein that plays a crucial role in ovarian differentiation and development in mammals, with a relatively well understood function in mammalian gonadal differentiation. The role of WNT4 in teleost fish; however, remains unclear. In the present study, cDNAs of Wnt4a and Wnt4b were c...