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SUBMITTER: Kleppe L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5626747 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kleppe Lene L Andersson Eva E Skaftnesmo Kai Ove KO Edvardsen Rolf B RB Fjelldal Per Gunnar PG Norberg Birgitta B Bogerd Jan J Schulz Rüdiger W RW Wargelius Anna A
Scientific reports 20171003 1
In all vertebrates studied so far, germ cells are not required for pubertal maturation of the gonadal steroidogenic system, subsequent development of secondary sex characteristics and reproductive behavior. To explore if the absence of germ cells affects puberty or growth in Atlantic salmon, germ cell-free (GCF), dnd knockout and wild type (WT) postsmolts were stimulated to enter puberty. No GCF fish entered puberty, whereas 66.7% (males) and 30% (females) WT fish completed or entered puberty, r ...[more]