“…The (Fontaine et al, 1970 ;Menon and Smith, 1971 ;Fontaine et a/., 1972 (Tsafriri et al, 1972a, b), luteinization (Channing, 1970 ;Kolena and Channing, 1971), ovarian steroidogenesis (Pharrissetof., 1968 ;Speroff and Ramwell,1970 ;and (normal light cycle) ; the other timed the onset of the light phase at 6 p.m., and therefore reversed the conditions (reversed light cycle). At the end of the acclimation period, the oocytes developed beyond a mean diameter of 600 g, at which stage they are known to be effectively responsive to SG-G100 (Kuo et al, 1974). Samples of oocytes were withdrawn through a polyethylene cannula from every fish at 3-hr time intervals throughout a 24-hr period.…”