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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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 2108
Main Authors:	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
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.07.2013 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/378/2620 631/601/2722 Animal Structures - cytology Animal Structures - physiology Animal Structures - ultrastructure Animals Autoradiography Brain - metabolism Cells, Cultured Fishes - anatomy & histology Fishes - genetics Fishes - physiology Gene Expression Regulation Humanities and Social Sciences Male multidisciplinary Multigene Family Photoperiod Reproduction - genetics Rhodopsin - genetics Rhodopsin - metabolism Salmon Science Science (multidisciplinary) Seasons Signal Transduction - genetics Testis - growth & development Testis - metabolism
ISSN:	2041-1723, 2041-1723
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