The effect of exogenous testosterone on growth and secondary sexual character development in juveniles of Sceloporus virgatus

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-543

  Abell, Allison J ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body growth; Color pattern; Juvenile development; Phrynosomatidae; Sceloporus virgatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032409378     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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