Seasonal variations in sex steroids and male sexual characteristics in Scyliorhinus canicula

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-290

  Garnier, Danielle Hélène ^a   Sourdaine, Pascal ^b   Jégou, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; 5ALPHA ANDROSTANE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOGFISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEROID ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032748106     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7369     Document Type: Article

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