Endocrine correlates of partner preference behavior in rams

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-126

  Resko, John A ^b   Perkins, Anne ^c   Roselli, Charles E ^b   Fitzgerald, James A ^a,d   Choate, Jerome V A ^b   Stormshak, Fredrick ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARROLL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; POA;

EID: 0029789406     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.1.120     Document Type: Article

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