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Sex-dependent Expression of Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Genes in the Medaka Brain


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1 Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Japan
 

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T. Hiraki
Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Japan
K. Okubo
Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Japan

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4iS8%2F30865