Response of diencephalon but not the gonad to female-promoting temperature with elevated estradiol levels in the sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-313

  Salame Mendez, Arturo ^a   Herrera Munoz, Joaquin ^b   Moreno Mendoza, Norma ^c   Merchant Larios, Horacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; ILEX COOKII; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032030557     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980301)280:4<304::AID-JEZ4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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