Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction

C. S. Blesson ¹, R. M. Inbaraj ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai 600 059, IN

Abstract

Maturation inducing steroid (MIS) plays an important role in the final oocyte maturation (FOM) in fishes. It has been found out that 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17α, 20β-P) was the MIS in Catla catla. MIS acts thorugh a oocyte membrane receptor and promote the meiotic maturation.

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