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Induced Sex Reversal of Sevenband Grouper, Epinephelus septemfasciatus by $17{\alpha}-methyltestosterone$  

Song, Young-Bo (Marine and Environmental Research Institute, Cheju National University)
Baek, Hae-Ja (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Hyung-Bae (Department of Marine Bio-resource, Gangwon Provincial University)
Lee, Kyeong-Jun (Faculty of Ocean Science, Cheju National University)
Soyano, Kiyoshi (Marine Research Institute, Nagasaki University)
Lee, Young-Don (Marine and Environmental Research Institute, Cheju National University)
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Journal of Aquaculture / v.18, no.3, 2005 , pp. 167-172 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sex reversal to a functional male of sevenband grouper $(41.0{\pm}1.3cm\;TL,\;1.4{\pm}0.1kg\;BW)$ was induced by $17{\alpha}-methyltestosterone\;(MT,\;0.5\sim2.0mg/kg\;BW)$ implantation from March 17 to May 12,2002. Gonad of control group was composed of genial cells and peri-nucleolus oocyte during the experimental period. Gonad of fish treated with 0.5 mg MT/kg BW had peri-nucleolus oocytes, spermatogonia, spermatids and spermatozoa at the late stages of spermatogenesis, while the fish group treated with 1.0 and 2.0 mg MT/kg BW contained spermatoza in the efferent duct. Sperm were obtained from the experimental groups treated with a dose of $1.0{\sim}2.0mg$ MT/kg BW. In the MT treated groups, testosterone and 11-ketotestosterone levels were higher than those in the control group during the $2{\sim}6$ weeks of the experimental period (P<0.05). $Estradiol-17{\beta}$ was detected from fish in the experimental fish.
Keywords
Grouper; Epinephelus septemfasciatus; Sex reversal; $17{\alpha}-methyltestosterone$;
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