Vasotocin induces final oocyte maturation and ovulation through the production of a maturation-inducing steroid in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis
β Scribed by V. Singh; K.P. Joy
- Book ID
- 113958760
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 890 KB
- Volume
- 174
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-6480
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## Abstract Actinomycin D and mitomycin C, inhibitors of DNAβdependent RNA synthesis, were ineffective in blocking desoxycorticosterone (DOC)βinduced in vitro maturation in oocytes of the catfish, __Heteropneustes fossilis__ (Bloch). This suggests that a concurrent mRNA synthesis is not obligatory