Jump to content

gonadosomatic

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From gonado- +‎ somatic.

Adjective

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

gonadosomatic (not comparable)

  1. Specifying the ratio of the masses of the gonads and the body
    • 2015 September 24, “The Olfactory Transcriptome and Progression of Sexual Maturation in Homing Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Liver and gonad were sampled to determine their weights and to calculate the hepatosomatic index (HSI) and gonadosomatic index (GSI) according to the formulas: with LW: liver weight (g); with GW: gonad weight (g), BW: body weight (g).