Feeding female Chinese sturgeon a diet with 18% fat helps their ovaries mature fully over two years, but lower-fat diets don’t do the same — so more fat in their food might help these endangered fish reproduce better.

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Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses suggest that high dietary lipid levels facilitate ovary development through the enhanced arachidonic acid metabolism, cholesterol biosynthesis and steroid hormone synthesis in Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)

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2019 Dec 14

The study found that female sturgeon fed a high-fat diet (18%) were the only ones whose ovaries matured fully, while those on lower-fat diets did not reach the same stage.

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Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses suggest that high dietary lipid levels facilitate ovary development through the enhanced arachidonic acid metabolism, cholesterol biosynthesis and steroid hormone synthesis in Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0007114519002010

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