Changes in thyroid activity during the annual sexual cycle of a wild avian species, the tree pie Dendrocitta vagabunda

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-324

  Chaudhuri, Santasri ^a   Maiti, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Histology; Peroxidase; Sexual cycle; Thyroid; Tree pie

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PEROXIDASES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROCITTA VAGABUNDA;

EID: 0030472692     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.34.4.321.13043     Document Type: Article

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