Fish as models for the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction and growth |
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Authors: | M Blázquez PT Bosma EJ Fraser KJ Van Look VL Trudeau |
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Affiliation: | Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, UK. |
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Abstract: | Models are essential for the full understanding of neuroendocrine control processes. In this regard fish offer a rich source of biological material. They have diverse growth and reproductive strategies, inhabiting most of the Earth's aquatic ecological niches. Fish possess many of the common vertebrate features but also offer several unique aspects to allow the biologist easy access to the study of hypothalamic and pituitary function. Several key examples of how teleosts, or the bony fish, can offer insight into fundamental mechanisms of vertebrate sex differentiation, growth and reproduction are reviewed. |
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