The effects of aromatase and 5 α-reductase inhibitors, antiandrogen, and sex steroids on Bidder's organs development and gonadal differentiation in Bufo bufo tadpoles

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-259

  Petrini, Stefania ^a   Zaccanti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTIANDROGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FORMESTANE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE FORMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOAD;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BUFO BUFO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0032519849     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980215)280:3<245::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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