Sex reversal by aromatase inhibitor treatment in the newt Pleurodeles waltl

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Chardard, D ^a   Dournon, C ^b  

^a Lab Biol Exp Immunol Univ H   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; MICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MICONAZOLE; OVARY; PLEURODELES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; PLEURODELES WALTL; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032895128     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990101)283:1<43::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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