Sex steroids relative to alternative mating behaviors in the simultaneous hermaphrodite Serranus subligarius (Perciformes: Serranidae)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-211

  Cheek, Ann Oliver ^a   Thomas, Peter ^b   Sullivan, Craig V ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional mating strategy; Reproduction; Spawning cycle

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034081635     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1570     Document Type: Article

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