Hormone-induced sperm-release in the critically endangered Booroolong frog (Litoria booroolongensis): effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin | Zendy

Aimee J. Silla | Zendy; Michael McFadden | Zendy; Phillip G. Byrne | Zendy

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Hormone-induced sperm-release in the critically endangered Booroolong frog (Litoria booroolongensis): effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin

Author(s) -

Aimee J. Silla,

Michael McFadden,

Phillip G. Byrne

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coy080

Subject(s) - biology , human chorionic gonadotropin , gonadotropin , hormone , gonadotropin releasing hormone , medicine , endocrinology , sperm , luteinizing hormone , botany

Reproductive technologies have great potential to overcome captive breeding failure and improve the propagation and genetic management of threatened species. Here we report on the development of hormone therapies to induce sperm-release in the critically endangered Booroolong frog, Litoria booroolongensis .

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