Pheromone from ovulatory female goldfish induces gonadotropin surge in males

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Effects of olfactory tract lesions on gonadotropin and milt responses to the female sex pheromone, 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, in male goldfish

✍ Dulka, Joseph G. ;Stacey, Norman E. 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 785 KB

For approximately 10 h before ovulation, female goldfish release the gonadal steroid 17a,20p-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-one (17, to the water where it functions as a potent sex pheromone that induces in males a rapid (15-min) increase in blood gonadotropin (GtH) and a subsequent (4-6 h) increase in milt (s