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Sex differentiation and sex change in the protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli.
- Guan-Chung Wu, Sherly Tomy, +5 authors Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- General and comparative endocrinology
- 20 June 2009
Protandrous black porgy fish, Acanthopagrus schlegeli, have a striking life cycle with a male sex differentiation at the juvenile stage and male-to-female sex change at 3 years of age. We had… Expand
Identification and expression analysis of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Toll-like receptor 9 gene.
- O. Byadgi, Dinda Puteri, Yan-Horn Lee, Jai-Wei Lee, Ta-Chih Cheng
- Biology, Medicine
- Fish & shellfish immunology
- 1 February 2014
Cobia culture is hindered by bacterial infection (Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida) and in order to study the effect of P. damselae subsp. piscicida challenge and CpG ODN stimulation on cobia… Expand
Differential expression and regulation of gonadotropins and their receptors in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica.
- S. Jeng, W. Yueh, Guan-Ru Chen, Yan-Horn Lee, S. Dufour, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- General and comparative endocrinology
- 1 October 2007
Eel species have a striking life cycle with a blockade of puberty until the oceanic migration. We report the first molecular data on eel gonadotropin receptors. The partial sequences cloned covered… Expand
Hormones and reproduction in scleractinian corals.
- W. Twan, J. Hwang, Yan-Horn Lee, Hua-Fang Wu, Ying-Hsiu Tung, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A…
- 1 July 2006
Most broadcast spawning scleractinian corals synchronously release gametes during a brief annual spawning period. In southern Taiwan, the mass spawning of scleractinians occurs in lunar mid-March.… Expand
Differential Messenger RNA Transcription of Androgen Receptor and Estrogen Receptor in Gonad in Relation to the Sex Change in Protandrous Black Porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli1
- Chun-Lin He, Jin-Lien Du, Yan-Horn Lee, Yu-Shan Huang, Y. Nagahama, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- Biology of reproduction
- 1 August 2003
Abstract Black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli Bleeker, is a marine protandrous hermaphrodite fish. All are functional males at 1–2 yr of age and then become either males or females at 3 yr of age. To… Expand
Yolk formation in a stony coral Euphyllia ancora (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): insight into the evolution of vitellogenesis in nonbilaterian animals.
- S. Shikina, Chieh-Jhen Chen, +5 authors Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- Endocrinology
- 13 June 2013
Vitellogenin (Vg) is a major yolk protein precursor in numerous oviparous animals. Numerous studies in bilateral oviparous animals have shown that Vg sequences are conserved across taxa and that Vgs… Expand
Estradiol-17β Triggers Luteinizing Hormone Release in the Protandrous Black Porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli Bleeker) Through Multiple Interactions with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Control1
- F. Yen, Yan-Horn Lee, +4 authors Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- Biology of reproduction
- 2002
Abstract We investigated the mechanism of estradiol-17β (E2) action on stimulation of LH (=gonadotropin II) release in the black porgy fish (Acanthopagrus schlegeli Bleeker) using an in vivo approach… Expand
Seasonal Profiles of Brain and Pituitary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Plasma Luteinizing Hormone in Relation to Sex Change of Protandrous Black Porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli1
- Jin-Lien Du, Yan-Horn Lee, W. Yueh, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- Biology of reproduction
- 1 April 2005
Abstract Three molecular variants of GnRH in the brain (sbGnRH, sGnRH, and cGnRH-II) and two forms in the pituitary (sbGnRH and sGnRH) were detected in protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus… Expand
Characterization of the plasma sex steroid-binding protein in eel (Anguilla japonica)
- Ching-Fong Chang, Yan-Horn Lee, T. Yoshida, Lian-Tien Sun
- Biology
- 1 June 1994
Abstract Sex steroid-binding protein was purified from the plasma of an eel, Anguilla japonica . Testosterone and estradiol-binding activity existed at the same fraction when eluted from gel… Expand
Characteristics of Blood in Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio, Exposed to Low Temperatures
- G. Chen, Lian-Tien Sun, Yan-Horn Lee, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology
- 14 February 1996
Changes in blood hemoglobin, hematocrit, leucocrit, osmolarity, lactate, glucose and cortisol concentrations were monitored in common carp, Cyprinus carpio, exposed to decreasing temperatures (from… Expand