Testicular cycles in three species of korean frogs: Rana nigromaculata, Rana rugosa, and Rana dybowskii

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-358

  Kun Ko, Sun ^b   Mook Kang, Hae ^c   Im, Wook Bin ^a   Bang Kwon, Hyuk ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Honam University   (South Korea)

^c Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT;

RANA DYBOWSKII; RANA NIGROMACULATA; RANA RUGOSA;

EID: 0031856895     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7118     Document Type: Article

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