Growth regulation in the euryhaline Tilapia, oreochromis mossambicus: effects of gonadal steroid hormones and salinity on the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-I axis
The Mozambique tilapia grows significantly faster and larger when raised in seawater (SW) than in fresh water (FW). Furthermore, there is a gender difference in the growth rates, with males growing significantly larger than females. The main objective of these studies was to investigate the endocrin...
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/6873 |