Sex steroid metabolism in the antarctic pteropod Clione antarctica (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Hines, Gene A ^a   Bryan, Patrick J ^a   Wasson, Kristina M ^a   McClintock, James B ^a   Watts, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Endocrinology; Invertebrate; Polar; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CLIONE; CLIONE ANTARCTICA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PTEROPODA;

EID: 0030304074     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227042     Document Type: Article

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