Organizational-activational concept revisited: Sexual differentiation in an atherinomorph teleost

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-575

  Rosa Molinar, E ^a   Fritzsch, B ^a,b   Hendricks, S E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TELEOST;

EID: 0030424075     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0059     Document Type: Article

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