Reproductive endocrinology of the explosively breeding desert spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus couchii

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-113

  Harvey, Loreé A ^a   Propper, Catherine R ^a   Woodley, Sarah K ^b   Moore, Michael C ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOAD;

EID: 0031013520     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6805     Document Type: Article

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