First evidence of intersex condition in extensively reared mullets from Sardinian lagoons (central–western Mediterranean, Italy)

The term intersex describes alterations in gonadal development with the simultaneous presence of male and female reproductive stages in the same gonad of a gonochoristic species. In coastal and estuarine environments, euryhaline fish living in polluted waters such as Mugilidae can frequently show th...

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Main Authors: Elisabetta Antuofermo, Roberta Ariu, Giovanni Pietro Burrai, Marta Polinas, Marina Antonella Sanna, Giuseppe Esposito, Marino Prearo, Antonio Pais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2016.1264260