Yolk steroids decline during sexual differentiation in the alligator

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Conley, A J ^a   Elf, P ^b   Corbin, C J ^a   Dubowsky, S ^c   Fivizzani, A ^b   Lang, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EGG YOLK; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031214845     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6913     Document Type: Article

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