Progesterone initiates tendril formation in the oviducal gland during egg encapsulation in cloudy catshark (Scyliorhinus torazame)

Abstract The diverse reproductive strategies of elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, and skates) have attracted research attention, but the endocrine control of reproduction is still incompletely known in elasmobranchs. By long-term monitoring of the egg-laying cycle in cloudy catsharks (Scyliorhinus toraza...

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Main Authors: Koya Shimoyama, Mai Kawano, Nobuhiro Ogawa, Kotaro Tokunaga, Wataru Takagi, Makito Kobayashi, Susumu Hyodo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:Zoological Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00211-y