Gonadal transformation in male Rana catesbeiana tadpoles intraperitoneally implanted with estradiol capsules

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Chang, Li Tze ^a   Yu, Nai Wen ^a   Hsu, Chih Yun ^a   Liu, Hwan Wun ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TADPOLE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0029949769     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0073     Document Type: Article

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