ResumeLes interactions entre les fonctions de croissance et de reproduction mises en evidence chez de nombreux vert6br6s, sont particulierement aigiies A certaines tapes du cycle vital des poissons. Nous d6crivons les interactions endocrines existant entre les axes somatrope et gonadotrope en insistant sur le role jou6 par l'hormone de croissance (GH). L'analyse compare de ces phenomenes chez les mammiferes, les poissons et les amphibiens permet de sugg6rer que la GH joue un rle sp6cifique dans la physiologie de la puberty, la gametog6nese et la fertility. Nous mettons en evidence l'apport original des tudes effectu6es sur le module poisson dans ce champ d'investigation.
AbstractInteraction between growth and reproduction occurs in many vertebrates and is particularly obvious at certain stages of the life cycle in fish. Endocrine interactions between the gonadotropic axis and the somatotropic axis are described, the potential role of GH being emphasised. A comparative analysis of these phenomena in mammals, amphibians and fish, suggests a specific role of GH in the physiology of puberty, gametogenesis and fertility. It also shows the original contribution made by studies on the fish model in this field of investigations.