What mechanisms control neoteny and regulate induced metamorphosis in urodeles?

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 665-673

  Rosenkilde, Per ^a   Ussing, Anne Phaff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Natl Lib of Sci and Med   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Axolotl thyroid stimulating hormone; Axolotl thyrotropin releasing hormone; Larval reproduction; Metamorphosis; Neoteny

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; BRAIN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0029812993     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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