Genetically triggered sexual differentiation of brain and behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 495-505

  Arnold, Arthur P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0030439659     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0053     Document Type: Article

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