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Reproductive Endocrinology of the European Eel, Anguilla anguilla

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The mystery of the reproduction of the European eel, in which “seminal liquor nor eggs could never be observed;” was questioned as early as Greek antiquity, by Aristotle, in his writings on “Animal History” and “Animal Generation.” This question initiated a long and still open quest, for the discovery of the eel life cycle and reproduction.

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Dufour, S., Burzawa-Gerard, E., Le Belle, N., Sbaihi, M., Vidal, B. (2003). Reproductive Endocrinology of the European Eel, Anguilla anguilla . In: Aida, K., Tsukamoto, K., Yamauchi, K. (eds) Eel Biology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65907-5_25

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