The development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in juvenile great tits

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 150-166

  Silverin, Bengt ^a   Sharp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASTRATION; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030219127     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0106     Document Type: Article

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