Plasma gonadotropin concentrations in the cyclic female brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-80

  Crawford, J L ^a,b   McLeod, B J ^a,b   Thompson, E G ^a   Hurst, P R ^b   Colbourne, L E ^c   Lun, S ^c   Eckery, D C ^c  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possums; FSH; LH; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032870834     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7340     Document Type: Article

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