ESTROGEN SEX-REVERSAL OF TILAPIA-AUREA

被引:45
作者
HOPKINS, KD
SHELTON, WL
ENGLE, CR
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[1] Alabama Coop. Fishery Research Unit The Coop. Fishery Research Unit is sponsored jointly by the Alab, Auburn University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service., Auburn
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10.1016/0044-8486(79)90017-6
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S9 [水产、渔业];
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0908 ;
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Chemical treatments were used to produce sex-reversed female (genetic male) Tilapia aurea, which can be bred to produce monosex offspring. Various combinations of estrogens, two synthetic and one natural, an antiandrogen, and a 'pituitary blocking agent' were orally administered to sexually undifferentiated fry. Treatment periods were 4, 5, 6 and 8 weeks. Seven of the 36 treatments produced more than 50% females (α = 0.05). Two treatments were more successful than the others: (1) 17-α-ethynylestradiol (EE) at 100 mg kg-1 diet in combination with methallibure (ME) at 100 mg kg-1 for 6 weeks and (2) EE-100 with ME-100 and cyproterone acetate (CA) at 100 mg kg-1 for 6 weeks. These treatments produced fish that were 90% female. Comparisons of the treatments with and without CA indicated that CA may lessen the hormone effectiveness of the treatments. Diethylstilbestrol was as potent as EE in comparable CA treatments. © 1979.
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页码:263 / 268
页数:6
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