Precocious testicular growth in metamorphosis-arrested larvae of a salamander Hynobius retardatus: Role of thyroid-stimulating hormone

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 548-558

  Kanki, Keita ^a   Wakahara, Masami ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTIS; THYROTROPIN; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033135189     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990501)283:6<548::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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