The saccus vasculosus of fish is a sensor of seasonal changes in day length

The pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland is the regulatory hub for seasonal reproduction in birds and mammals. Although fish also exhibit robust seasonal responses, they do not possess an anatomically distinct pars tuberalis. Here we report that the saccus vasculosus of fish is a seasonal sensor. W...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications Jg. 4; H. 1; S. 2108
Hauptverfasser: Nakane, Yusuke, Ikegami, Keisuke, Iigo, Masayuki, Ono, Hiroko, Takeda, Korenori, Takahashi, Daisuke, Uesaka, Maiko, Kimijima, Meita, Hashimoto, Ramu, Arai, Natsumi, Suga, Takuya, Kosuge, Katsuya, Abe, Tomotaka, Maeda, Ryosuke, Senga, Takumi, Amiya, Noriko, Azuma, Teruo, Amano, Masafumi, Abe, Hideki, Yamamoto, Naoyuki, Yoshimura, Takashi
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.07.2013
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ISSN:2041-1723, 2041-1723
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