Anovulation in non-reproductive female Damaraland mole-rats (Cryptomys damarensis)

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-41

  Molteno, A J ^a   Bennett, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYSTERECTOMY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOLE RAT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; COETOMYS DAMARENSIS; CRYPTOMYS;

EID: 0034026313     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1190035     Document Type: Article

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