A FIRST RECORD OF THE SMALLFIN GULPER SHARK CENTROPHORUS MOLUCCENSIS BLEEKER, 1860 (CHONDRICHTHYES: SQUALIFORMES: CENTROPHORIDAE) FROM THE ANDAMAN & NICOBAR WATERS, INDIAN EEZ

A first record of the Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860 (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from the Andaman & Nicobar waters, Indian EEZ

The Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis is reported for the first time from the Andaman & Nicobar waters of the Converters Indian EEZ.A male specimen of 785mm total length and weighing 2.34kg was landed by a motorized longliner at Burmanallah, South Andaman District.The specimen was caught off Chidiyatapu, South Andaman at a depth of 250

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Molecular and genetic characterization of partial masculinization in embryonic ovaries grafted into male nude mice.

In most of mammalian embryos, gonadal sex differentiation occurs inside the maternal uterus before birth.In several fetal ovarian grafting experiments using male host mice, an experimental switch from the maternal intrauterine to male-host environment gradually induces partial masculinization of the grafted ovaries even under the wild-type genotype

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