Effects of developmental and growth history on metamorphosis in the gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor (Amphibia, Anura)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 522-530

  Beachy, Christopher K ^a,b   Surges, Tammy H ^a   Reyes, Monica ^a  

^a Clarke College   (United States)

^b MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033135831     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990501)283:6<522::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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