• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.739-744
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• 2015

The sexual maturation and spawning time of female ocean sunfish Mola mola in Korean waters were studied by observing the gonads histologically. Specimens were purchased in a fish market in October 2013 and May, June, and October 2014. Nine females (total length 100-250 cm, gonad weight 31-3,470 g) and one male (total length 131 cm, gonad weight 60 g) were studied. Histologically, the ovaries became active in May and spawning began in July and continued until October. In July, mature oocytes and yolk globule stage oocytes were observed; parts of the gonad showed traces of spawning, while others had degenerated and absorbed any oocytes. By October, many oocytes had degenerated and been absorbed. Therefore, the approximate spawning period of ocean sunfish is from July to October based on histological changes in the gonads. The asynchronous oocyte development suggests that the ocean sunfish is a multiple spawner, as reported previously. The catch distribution data suggest that the waters around Jeju Island are a sunfish spawning area.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2017

This study investigated the effect of different photoperiods (14L: 10D, 12L:12D and 10L:14D) on the gonadal development and GtH mRNA expression in the pituitary of damselfish. The results showed that gonadosomatic index (GSI) was significantly lower in shot photoperiod (10L:14D), in comparison with other photoperiodic group during the spawning season. After 60 days treatment, histological analysis of gonad tissue showed that the gonad of 10L:14D and 12L: 12D treatment groups were resting phase with spermatogonia and perinucleolus stage oocytes but the gonad of 14L:10D treatment group was still ripe phase with spermatozoa and mature stage oocyte. The $FSH{\beta}$ and $LH{\beta}$ mRNA expression in pituitary drastically decreased shot photoperiod treatment from July (spawning period). These results suggest that photoperiod is considered to be the most effective environmental factor in controlling the reproductive cycle of damselfish.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.16.1-16.8
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• 2016

To culture germline stem cells in vitro, establishment of the cell lines that can be used as the feeder cells is a prerequisite. In this study, we tried to establish gonad-derived cell lines in Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii). Five 1-year-old A. baerii were used as a donor of gonad tissues, and gonad-dissociated cells were cultured in vitro. Subsequently, determination of growth conditions, long-term culture, characterization, and cryopreservation of the cell lines were also conducted. Five gonad-derived cell lines were stably established and cultured continuously over at least the 73th passage and 402 culture days under the media containing 20 % fetal bovine serum at $28^{\circ}C$. All cell lines consisted of two main cell types based on morphology even if the ratio of the two cell types was different depending on cell lines. Despite long-term culture, all cell lines maintained diploid DNA contents and expression of several genes that are known to express in the A. baerii gonad. After freezing and thawing of the cell lines, post-thaw cell viabilities between 57.6 and 92.9 % depending on cell lines were indentified, suggesting that stable cryopreservation is possible. The results and the cell lines established in this study will contribute to the development of an in vitro system for A. baerii germline stem cell culture.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.529-546
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• 1998

부화직후 1.9 mm였던 자어는 부화후 47일경 19 mm전후로 성장하며 초기성장기 자어류들의 전장과 체중과의 관계는 $BW=4.45{\times}10^{-6}TL^{3.4718}$, r=0.9820이었다. 해상가두리의 사육개체는 최대어 전장 28.4 cm까지 성장한 개체를 사용하였고 이들 개체의 전장과 체중과의 관계는 $BW=2.36{\times}10^{-2}TL^{2.9180}$, r=0.9971이었다. 미분화된 참돔의 생식소부위는 생식소와 지방체로 구성되어 있으며 분화가 진행되어 생식소가 비후됨에 따라 지방체는 점점 수축되어 갔다. 부화후 6개월의 미분화기까지 발달한 생식소부위는 생식소와 곤봉상의 지방체로 구성되었다. 이들 생식소는 미세한 반투명산으로 생식원세포를 구별할 수 없는 미발달생태를 유지하고 있다. 부화후 7개월부터 생식소 상피조직의 발달로 생식상피를 식별할 수 있었고, 부화후 8개월 생식소는 난원세포의 발달로 성분화가 시작되었다. 이후 9개월 생식소 내강상피 전체에 초기 난모세포들이 발달하고 이들 난모세포들의 증가로 생식소내강은 난소강을 이룬다. 부화후 13개월 난모세포는 생식소전체를 채우게 되고 곧 난모세포들의 세포질 붕괴가 시작된다. 15개월부터는 난소강을 중심으로 새로운 초기 난모세포들이 발달하여 난소조직으로 된다. 그리고 공포상조식은 정원세포들이 분열.증식하여 정소조직을 이루게 된다. 이후 이들은 생식소자웅동체기를 지나 암.수로 성이 결정된다. 따라서 참돔은 유시자웅동체 juvenile hermaphrodite 이고 미분화자웅이제 경골어류 undifferentiated gonochoristic teleost이었다. 생식소 자웅분화상은 미분화기, 유사난원세포기, 유사난소기, 난소발달기, 정소형자웅동체기, 난소형자웅동체기 및 정소발달기로 구분되었다. 미분화기 생식소는 부화후부터 13개월, 전장 18cm까지 지속되었으며, 유사난원세포기는 부화후 7~13개월, 전장 11~18cm까지 지속되었다. 유사난소기는 부화 10~14개월, 전장 14~26cm까지이며, 난소발달기는 부화후 14개월, 전장 20cm부터 시작되었다. 부화후 20개월에는 전 조사개체의 44%가 난소였다. 난소형자웅동체기는 부화후 15개월, 전장 19~20cm부터 출현하며, 부화후 20개월, 전장 28~29cm에서는 관찰되지 않았다. 정소형자웅동체는 부화후 15개월, 전장 21~22cm에서 첫 출현한 후 20개월까지 지속되었다. 정소발달기는 부화후 15개월, 전장 21~22cm에서 첫 출현한 후 20개월의 39%, 전장 28~29cm의 33%를 차지하였다. 50%이상의 성분화발현은 부화후 11개월, 전장 16cm부터였다. 성결정은 암컷이 부화후 14개월, 전장은 20mc, 수컷이 부화후 15개월, 전장 20cm에 시작되었다. 50%이상의 성결정은 부화후 17개월, 전장 23cm에 일어났다

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.740-744
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• 2002

The relationship of gonad weight and liver weight with body weight of six fish species viz; Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Cirrhina mrigala, Hypophthlamichthys molitrix, Ctenopharyngodon idella and Cyprinus carpio under the influence of artificial feed, broiler manure, buffalo manure, N:P:K (25:25:0) and a control pond were examined after a rearing period of one year. The positive relationship between gonad weight and body weight was significant which showed the dependence of gonadal development on body weight in all the six fish species. The currelation coefficients were higher in female fishes. However, the major carps had a much smaller proportional gonadal weight as compared with Chinese carps and a common carp due to their faster growth rate. The overall comparison of six fish species under different experimental treatments revealed that highest liver weight was observed for C. idella closely followed by C. carpio. The maximum correlation value was observed with H. molitrix under the broiler manure. The maximum Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) remained as 32.63 for C. carpio followed by C. idella. The maximum value for Hepatosomatic Index (HSI). remained 1.99 for C. idella followed by C. mrigala.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.453-459
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• 2004

Chick embryos from stage 14 to stage 31 were studied by means of serial section and light microscopy in order to learn the relationship between the settlement sites of the primordial germ cells (PGCs) and the forming genital ridge. The results showed that: when embryo hatched for 53-56 h, the PGCs reached the coelomic epithelial tissue where gonad would be formed, meanwhile the epithelial tissue began thicker before the PGCs reached. Before stage 19, the final region the PGCs arrived was the thickened portion of the coelomic epithelium, the glycogen in the PGCs cytoplasm maintenance remained unchanged. However at the 3.5-5th hatching day, the glycogen in the PGCs cytoplasm reduced gradually. On the 6th hatching day, the gonad of the embryo appeared the feature of ovary, and the glycogen in the PGCs cytoplasm reduced further. On the 7th hatching day, the differentiation of ovary or testis was obvious and the glycogen in the PGCs cytoplasm later disappeared.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제14권1_2호
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• pp.55-63
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• 1999

Endocrine disrupting chemicals probably cause the cytological or/and morphological changes of germinal cells in gonad. Accordingly, this study was aimed to make sure that the effect of hormone-mimicking chemicals on gonad morphology such as decrease of germinal cells, inhibition of cellular maturation and change in the ratio of germinal cells in the different developmental phase can be observed by histopathological procedures and can be a useful bio-indicator for the evaluation of endocrine disruption by environmental chemicals. In this experiment, female Japanese medaka were exposured to quercetin, a phytoestrogen, at the concentration of 100 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L. quercetin showed the significant decrease in the number and rate of vitellogenic follicular oocytes in the treated group for 4 and 6 weeks. The weak development of yolk could be also observed. We could conclude that quercetin has anti-estrogenic or androgen-like potency by exerting the inhibition effect on oogenesis in fish female- gonad. From the result of this study, the applied methods and techniques can be evaluated to be a useful biomonitoring means for water pollution, expecting a good result of the subsequent study on apoptosis.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.142-148
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• 1999

Monthly changes in the gonad index (GI), egg-diameter composition, gonadal development, reproductive cycle of the ark shell, Scapharca subcrenata, were investigated by histological method and morphometric data. This species is dioecious and oviparous. The gonad is located among the subregion of mid-intestinal gland, digestive diverticula and the outer fibromuscular layers compacted by the fibrous connective tissues and muscle fibers. The gonad index sharply increased in May, reached the maximum value in June, and then gradually decreased from July to December. The reproductive cycle of this species can be divided into six successive stages: early active stage (January to May), late active stage (June to July), ripe stage (June to August), partially spawned stage (July to September), degenerative stage (August to December), and resting stage (January to April). S. subcrenata spawns once a year between July and early September, and the main spawning occurred between July and August when the water temperatures were above $20^{\circ}C$. This evidence suggest that timings of maturation and spawning are closely related to water temperatures. Even though the spawning period was once a year, it is assumed that the number of spawning frequencies (broods) may occur more than twice during the spawning season.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.472-479
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• 2006

The sexual maturity and reproductive cycle of the common squid, Todarodes pacificus captured from the East Sea, Korea, between January 2004 and January 2006, were investigated by documenting changes in the gonadosomatic index (GSI), gonad development, and oocyte size frequency distribution. The GSI of females began to increase in July, reached a maximum in August, and then gradually decreased. The GSI of males increased from July to March. Using gonad histological observations, we identified four oocyte developmental stages. The changes in GSI and gonad tissue resulted in the classification of the annual reproductive cycle into the following four successive stages: immature (April to June), growing (June to July), mature (July to August), and ripe and spawning (August to March). According to the oocyte diameter size frequency distribution in the ovary, this species appeared to have asynchronous oocyte development and one spawning time.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2004

Gonadal development, gametogenesis, reproductive cycle, gonad index, and flesh weight rate of the murex shell (Ocenebra japonica) collected from the rocky intertidal zone of Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Korea were investigated by means of histological method from January to December 2002. O. japonica had separate sexes, and was oviparous. The gonad was widely situated on the surface of the digestive gland located in the rear of the spiral flesh part in the shell. The male penis was located near the two tentacles. The ovary was composed of a number of oogenic follicles, and the testis was composed of several spermatogenic tubules. The size of ripe oocyte was approximately $140{\mu}m$ in diameter. The gonad index (GI) began to increase in March $(33.24{\pm}2.33)$ and reached the maximum in June $(47.77{\pm}1.90)$ Thereafter, the values decreased from July $(45.12{\pm}3.60)$ to October $(19.32{\pm}2.91)$. The flesh weight rate (FWR) began to increase in January $(25.93{\pm}1.32)$ and reached the maxium in May $(31.78{\pm}1.09)$ Thereafter, the values decreased from June $(31.50{\pm}0.66)$ to October $(24.09{\pm}1.60)$. The reproductive cycle could be classified into five successive stages: early active (October to April), late active (January to June), ripe (May to September), spawning (July to September) and recovery (September to February). The reproductive cycle was closely related to the seawater temperature.