Sex-related differences in the effects of late winter pairing activity and seasonal influences on neuroendocrinology and gonadal development of mallards

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 310-321

  Bluhm, Cynthia K ^a,b   Rozenboim, Israel ^c   Silsby, Janet ^c   El Halawani, Mohamed ^c  

^a Delta Waterfowl Wetlands Res Stn   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

EID: 0033926239     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7469     Document Type: Article

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