This review aims at synthesizing the most relevant information regarding the
neuroendocrine circuits controlling reproduction, mainly gonadotropin release, in teleost …

Puberty comprises the transition from an immature juvenile to a mature adult state of the
reproductive system, ie the individual becomes capable of reproducing sexually for the first …

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Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive
biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of …

Teleosts lack a hypophyseal portal system and hence neurohormones are carried by nerve
fibers from the preoptic region to the pituitary. The various cell types in the teleost pituitary …

Vertebrate reproduction is controlled by two gonadotropins (FSH and LH) from the pituitary.
Despite numerous studies on FSH and LH in fish species, their functions in reproduction still …

The production of fertile eggs with the capacity to develop into larvae and subsequently into
marketable fish is centrally important to the aquaculture industry. This entails not only the …

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The environment which living organisms inhabit is not constant and many factors, such as
light, temperature, and food availability, display cyclic and predictable variations. To adapt to …

While gonadotropin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) is considered as the major hypothalamic
factor controlling pituitary gonadotrophins in mammals and most other vertebrates, its …