Transcriptome and targeted metabolomics revealed that cholesterol nutrition promotes ovarian development by regulating steroid hormone metabolism in swimming crab

Cholesterol, which acts as a substrate for the synthesis of ovarian sex hormones, could promote ovarian development. However, crustaceans cannot synthesize cholesterol and must obtain it from diet for growth, molt and gonadal development. Three isonitrogenous and isolipidic diets were formulated to...

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Main Authors: Tingting Zhu, Min Jin, Shichao Xie, Chen Guo, Jiaxiang Luo, Xiangsheng Zhang, Yuedong Shen, Peng Sun, Lefei Jiao, Qicun Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Aquaculture Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513422003921