Seasonal variation in reproductive steroids of male and female yellow-blotched map turtles, Graptemys flavimaculata

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-51

  Shelby, Jennifer A ^a   Mendonça, Mary T ^a   Horne, Brian D ^b   Seigel, Richard A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrinology; Graptemys flavimaculata; Reproduction; Reptilia; Threatened; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMAGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TURTLE; ULTRASOUND;

GRAPTEMYS FLAVIMACULATA;

EID: 0033873476     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7490     Document Type: Article

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