The reproductive cycle of the female American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-101

  Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a   Woodward, Allan R ^b   Crain, D Andrew ^a   Masson, Greg R ^a,c   Palmer, Brent D ^a,d   Cox, M Catharine ^a,e   You Xiang, Qui ^a,f   Orlando, Edward F ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WINGATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS;

EID: 0031260441     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6953     Document Type: Article

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