A critical period for the organization of alternative male phenotypes of tree lizards by exogenous testosterone?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 425-429

  Hews, Diana K ^a   Moore, Michael C ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative phenotypes; Critical period; Male lizards; Sex steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030220044     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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