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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-12-01
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Series: | Aquaculture Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513422003921 |