Plasma insulin-like growth factor-I concentration during the reproductive cycle of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 116-122

  Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a   Cox, M Catharine ^a,b   Crain, D Andrew ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; ESTRADIOL; PHOSPHATE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030270618     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0147     Document Type: Article

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