Male morphs in tree lizards have different testosterone responses to elevated levels of corticosterone

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-279

  Knapp, Rosemary ^a,b   Moore, Michael C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; GENE SWITCHING; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIZARD; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031213916     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6923     Document Type: Article

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