Developmental profile of the female reproductive apparatus (the externa) of Polyascus planus parasitizing the thukuhar shore-crab Metopograpsus thukuhar is described.
Hsiang-Yin Chen +6 more
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Egg Production in the Boxelder Bug \u3ci\u3eBoisea Trivittata\u3c/i\u3e (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) [PDF]
Boxelder bug females emerged from overwintering sites in the spring and rapidly provisioned eggs with yolk materials. Five discrete egg stages were identified based on egg size, protein content, and degree of chorion sclerotization.
Grimnes, Karin A +2 more
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Mechanisms of Egg Yolk Formation and Implications on Early Life History of White Perch (Morone americana). [PDF]
The three white perch (Morone americana) vitellogenins (VtgAa, VtgAb, VtgC) were quantified accurately and precisely in the liver, plasma, and ovary during pre-, early-, mid-, and post-vitellogenic oocyte growth using protein cleavage-isotope dilution ...
Justin Schilling +4 more
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Macrobrachium acanthurus is a caridean prawn native to Brazil, and studying techniques to assist in its cultivation is important due to economic interest in it.
MARIA M. RODRIGUES +3 more
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Gonad development and reproduction in the monoecious species Chlorophthalmus agassizi (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Chlorophthalmidae) from the Sardinian Waters (Central-Western Mediterranean) [PDF]
Background. The shortnose greeneye, Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840, is a species with a circumglobal distribution and is among the most abundant commercial fishes in some Mediterranean areas.
Cabiddu S, Cau A, Follesa MC, Porcu C
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Vitellogenesis in insects and other groups: a review
The eggs from oviparous organisms contain large amounts of vitellus, or yolk, wich are utilized by the growing embryo. Vitellogenesis is the process of vitellus accumulation and involves massive heterosynthetic synthesis of the protein vitellogenin (Vg ...
Denise Valle
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Duplicated membrane estrogen receptors in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): Phylogeny, expression and regulation throughout the reproductive cycle [PDF]
The numerous estrogen functions reported across vertebrates have been classically explained by their binding to specific transcription factors, the nuclear estrogen receptors (ERs).
Alvarado, M. Victoria +5 more
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Vitellogenesis in Blue Gourami is Accompanied by Brain Transcriptome Changes
The blue gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) is a model for hormonal control of reproduction in Anabantidae fish, but also relevant to other vertebrates.
Gad Degani +3 more
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‘Wreckfish’ a collective of species belonging to the family Polyprionidae, are an important commercial fishery and have significant aquaculture potential.
Matthew J Wylie +6 more
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Vitellogenesis as a biomarker for estrogenic contamination of the aquatic environment [PDF]
A rapidly increasing number of chemicals, or their degradation products, are being recognized as possessing estrogenic activity, albeit usually weak. We have found that effluent from sewage treatment works contains a chemical, or mixture of chemicals ...
Arme C +8 more
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