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The effects of pinealectomy, blinding, and exposure to constant darkness were examined in female goldfish during different seasons. Neither blinding nor pinealectomy under short or decreasing photoperiod conditions, nor exposure to constant darkness had an effect on ovarian activity in goldfish during fall and winter. In spring, constant darkness has an inhibitory effect on ovarian activity. Pinealectomy under increasing photoperiod conditions partially inhibits reproductive activity, but not to the extent of constant darkness. Blinding, under the same regime also inhibited to some extent the ovarian response to increasing photoperiod. Our data suggest that retinal pathways and the pineal organ are involved in the photosexual response to increasing day lengths.
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Vodicnik, M.J., Olcese, J., Delahunty, G. et al. The effects of blinding, pinealectomy and exposure to constant dark conditions on gonadal activity in the female goldfish, Carassius auratus . Environ Biol Fish 4, 173–177 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005450
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