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Effects of Etiocholanolone Glucuronide, a Putative Pheromone on Brain and Plasma Vasotocin Levels in the Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis


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1 Zoology Section, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. - 221005, India
2 Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. - 221005, India
 

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  • Effects of Etiocholanolone Glucuronide, a Putative Pheromone on Brain and Plasma Vasotocin Levels in the Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis

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R. Chaube
Zoology Section, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. - 221005, India
K. P. Joy
Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. - 221005, India

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4iS8%2F30863