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 …

Teleost fish exhibit remarkably diverse and plastic patterns of sexual development. One of
the most fascinating modes of plasticity is functional sex change, which is widespread in …

The vertebrate nonapeptide vasotocin/vasopressin is evolutionarily highly conserved and
acts as neuromodulator and endocrine/paracrine signaling molecule. Circumstantial and …

Background Teleost fishes exhibit remarkably diverse and plastic sexual developmental
patterns. One of the most astonishing is the rapid socially controlled female-to-male …

The luteinizing hormone surge is essential for fertility as it triggers ovulation in females and
sperm release in males. We previously reported that secretoneurin-a, a neuropeptide …

The article presents an overview of the comparative distribution, structure and functions of
the nonapeptide hormones in chordates and non chordates. The review begins with a …

Neurohypophysial hormones regulate the reproductive behavior of teleosts; however, their
role in the gestation and parturition of ovoviviparous fishes with male pregnancy …

Ascidians are the closest living relatives of vertebrates, and their study is important for
understanding the evolutionary processes of oocyte maturation and ovulation. In this study …

Omics studies contribute to the elucidation of genomes and profiles of gene expression. In
the ascidian Ciona intestinalis Type A (Ciona robusta), mass spectrometry (MS)-based …

Low rate of spawning and high percentage of death after artificial propagation are frequently
observed in catfish, which do harms to the long-term population stability and genetic …