Induction of precocious females in the protandrous barramundi (Lates calcarifer) with long-acting estradiol implants
Ad Fine-Idan,
Berta Levavi-Sivan,
Joseph Aizen
Abstract:With the growing demand for sh protein, more aquatic species are currently being introduced into aquaculture. The Australian barramundi (Lates calcarifer) is a protandrous sequential hermaphrodite changing its sex from male to female. It takes several years for the barramundi to change from male to female which prevents inter-generation breeding and creates and obstacle for the establishment of a sustainable genetic enhancement program. In sequential hermaphrodites, sexual maturation as one sex or the other de… Show more
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