Combined estrogen and elevated temperature treatments induce feminization in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Nile tilapia has proven to be sensitive to change phenotypic sex upon exposure to steroid hormone and high temperature during the critical period of gonad differentiation. It is more difficult to feminize XY males than to masculinize XX females. High temperature feminization has also been observed i...

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Main Authors: Khanam Taslima, Sarah-Louise C. Selly, Brendan J. McAndrew, David J. Penman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Aquaculture Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513423003125