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eyestalk

(ī′stôk′)
n.
A movable structure in certain crustaceans, such as crabs and shrimp, that bears an eye at the tip.
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Then carefully hold the female and squeeze the eyestalk of one side with the heated forceps tip.
Procedure for maturation and spawning of imported shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in commercial hatchery, South East Coast of India
Reproduction of Penaeus kerathurus using eyestalk ablation.
Female growth and offspring quality over successive spawnings in a caridean shrimp Neocaridina davidi (Decapoda, Atyidae) with direct development
Ten individuals were randomly divided into two groups, one group for eyestalk ablation (bilateral ablation) and the other group for ecdysone injection (0.
Characterization and Function of a Gene Pc 14-3-3 Isoform from Red Crayfish, Procambarus clarki
rosenbergii females, indicating the occurrence of inhibiting function of the eyestalk hormone on vitellogenesis.
Influencia da ablacao do pedunculo ocular na reproducao do camarao de agua doce Macrobrachium acanthurus em cativeiro
Localization of substance P-like, leucine-enkephalin-like, methionine- enkephalinlike, and FMRFamide-like inmunoreactivity in the eyestalk of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator.
Induction of ovarian growth in Aegla platensis (Crustacea, Aeglidae) by means of neuroregulators incorporated to food
Ten shrimp at intermolt stage C in each tank were dissected to obtain gill, muscle, eyestalk, and hepatopancreas tissue samples and subsequently stored at -80[degrees]C for nucleic acid extraction.
The expression of the A6 fatty acyl desaturase-like gene from Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) under different salinities and dietary lipid compositions
Effect of light intensity and male and female eyestalk ablation on reproduction of Penaeus stylirostris and P.
Reproduction and development in Halocaridina rubra Holthuis, 1963 (Crustacea: Atyidae) clarifies larval ecology in the Hawaiian anchialine ecosystem
Cardiovascular excitatory effect on rats of a fraction isolated from the eyestalk of shrimp: Peneaus vanameii.
Efecto del azul de metileno en la hipotension y bradicardia asociadas a la administracion de una dosis letal del veneno total de cascabel venezolana (Crotalus durissus cumanensis) en ratas
To find out whether this hormone played a role in the migration of red crabs, Morris and colleagues measured concentrations of CHH in the crabs' eyestalk glands and blood during the wet and dry seasons.
Red crabs migrate in one of the most spectacular ways on Earth
Comparison of unilateral eyestalk ablation with enviromental control for ovarian maturation of Penaeus stylirostris.
Comparison of some reproductive characteristics of farmed and wild white shrimp males Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda: Penaeidae)
Cloning and expression of hyperglycemic (CHH) and molt-inhibiting (MIH) hormones mRNAs from the eyestalk of shrimps of Litopenaeus vannamei grown in different temperature and salinity conditions.
Molecular pathway and gene responses of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei to acute low salinity stress
Eyestalk ablation is an effective technique that is often used to stimulate gonad development and spawning, but it frequently leads to death or permanent damage of the animals.
Hemolymph levels of methyl farnesoate during ovarian development of the swimming crab portunus trituberculatus, and its relation to transcript levels of HMG-CoA reductase and farnesoic acid O-Methyltransferase
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