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Relaxin-3 and Relaxin/Insulin-like Family Peptide Receptor 3 in Rainbow Trout: Sites of Gene Expression and Changes in Messenger RNA Levels during Spermatogenesis in Testes


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1 Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
2 Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA, United States
 

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  • Relaxin-3 and Relaxin/Insulin-like Family Peptide Receptor 3 in Rainbow Trout: Sites of Gene Expression and Changes in Messenger RNA Levels during Spermatogenesis in Testes

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Authors

M. Kusakabe
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Y. Takei
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
J. A. Luckenbach
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA, United States

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4iS8%2F31022