Sex reversal in the genus Oreochromis: Optimization of feminization protocol
Sex reversal in the genus Oreochromis: Optimization of feminization protocol
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2109.1994.tb00696.x
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发表时间:
1994-01-01
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Hulata, G.
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作者:
Rosenstein, S.;Hulata, G.
High rate of feminization was achieved by oral administration of diethylstilbestrol (DES) and ethynyloestradiol (EES) to gonadally undifferentiated Oreochromis mossambicus (L.) and O. mossambicus x O. urolepis hornorum Trewavas all-male hybrid. All-female groups were produced at doses gt 10 mg/kg DES and gt 50 mg/kg EES, when fry immediately after yolk-sac absorption were fed hormone-treated feed ad libitum. The critical period for feminization was about one week. Treatments longer than 10 days did not result in a higher proportion of females, and treatments starting later than one week after yolk-sac absorption were not effective. Optimal derived protocol was applied to O. aureus (Steindachner), resulting also in complete feminization.