In fish, pre-embryonic events such as insemination, second polar body extrusion and first
mitotic cleavage are manipulable and render 37 different types of ploidy induction possible …

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

An initial study evaluated the effect of dietary administration of the androgen 17α-
methyltestosterone 40 mg· kg− 1) on the growth and survival of Oreochromis niloticus fry …

Growth of 17α-methyltestosterone treated monosex Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus was
compared with hormone untreated mixed-sex fish in four different culture systems. The …

The results of a study aimed at the identification of treatment optima for triploidy induction in
recently fertilised Oreochromis niloticus L. eggs by altering the intensity, duration and timing …

Tilapia production from aquaculture worldwide has grown rapidly, increasing from 241,681
metric tons (MT) in 1986 to 472,969 MT in 1992 (FAO, 1994). This growth has been …

ABSTRACT Mair, GC, 1993. Chromosome-set manipulation in tilapia—techniques,
problems and prospects. Aquaculture, 111: 227-f-244. In recent years a great deal of …

Tilapia is regarded as the second most cultured aquaculture species globally because of its
easy to adapt in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world (Shelton, 2002). Tilapia have …

The present study aims at developing a production of monosex population of all male Nile
tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using 17α-methyltestosterone (17α-MT). Three treatments …

Stocking density is considered one of the important factors affecting fish growth. But,
information related to impact of stocking density on growth performance of androgen-treated …