Molecular endocrinology of fish /

Hormones have a manifold impact upon growth and metabolism. This book focuses upon the molecular biology of fish hormones and their regulation. Chapters dealing with gonadotropin, corticotropin, vasotocin, isotocin, somatolactin, and other hormones are written by an international team of fish physio...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Sherwood, Nancy, Hew, Choy L. (Choy Leong), 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, 1994.
Series:Fish physiology ; v. 13.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Hormones have a manifold impact upon growth and metabolism. This book focuses upon the molecular biology of fish hormones and their regulation. Chapters dealing with gonadotropin, corticotropin, vasotocin, isotocin, somatolactin, and other hormones are written by an international team of fish physiologists and endocrinologists. In addition, there are chapters that survey a growing literature on the ways hormones are regulated both in terms of their actions and in terms of the gene transcription that leads to their formation. The first two sections of the book covers brain and pituitary hormones and the latter two sections are devoted to other hormones and their regulation. As more and more endocrinologists and physiologists seek to use hormones that are inexpensive, provide for more facile experimental replication, and are less subject to cumbersome regulation, they will turn to the sorts of fish models reviewed in this book.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 518 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780080585376
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9786611742645
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