Hormonal induction of sex reversal is possible in 47 species (15 families) of gonochores (34
species, nine families) and hermaphrodites using one of the 31 (16 androgens, 15 …

The basic nature of the greatly diversified sexualities in fish can be considered from the
aspects of the control mechanisms, physiological and genetic sexes. The potencies of sex …

Aquaculture is one of the fastest rising sectors of world food production. Hundreds of fish
species are cultured, providing an affordable, high quality food source. Two aspects of …

ABSTRACT A neuroendocrine peptide can induce sex-reversal in pro-togynous labrid
teleosts, similar to androgenic and antiestrogenic steroids. Culture water containing …

A great deal of information is known regarding the process of sex differentiation in fish, and
the mechanisms involved in primary sex determination are now beginning to be defined. A …

In many species of cultured finfish, females exhibit higher growth rates than males and attain
larger sizes. In addition, in some species, males mature before reaching marketable size …

Attempts were made to induce sex reversal of under 2-year-old blue-spotted groupers and to
induce spawning of 4-year-old females. Mature males, through sex reversal, were obtained …

The phenomenon of incidental sex reversal was observed in experiments originally
designed to determine the importance of feeding duration and feed quality in the …

Two androgens, ethynyltestosterone (ET) and methyltestosterone (MT) and two estrogens,
diethylstilbestrol (DES) and estrone (E) were orally administered to gonadally …

Of the techniques available to mass-produce a sterile or monosex population, the hormonal
induction of sex reversal is the most widely practiced. This paper presents the synthesis of …