Endocrinological Studies on the Reproduction of the Female Goldfish, Carassius Auratus L., with Special Reference to the Function of the Pituitary Gland

Fumio Yamazaki

Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University) · 1965 · 110 citations · 0 references

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On the other hand, negative results were obtained by Koch and Scheuring (1936), Johnson and Riddle (1939), Matthews (1939), Combs and Burrows (1959) and others using mammalian pituitary glands or gonadotrophins.These investigations were needed by fish culturists who were anxious for the methods of artificial control of spawning.In these investigations, however, it appears that technical experimentation has far exceeded academic studies as Sneed and Clemens (1960) have pointed out.Relatively few experiments aimed at pure biological or endocrinological information, hitherto, have been conducted.Vivien (1939Vivien ( , 1941) ) found that after the removal of the pituitary gland from Gobius, marked regressive changes occurred in -12-