Seasonality in plasma thyroxine in the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 214-222

  Kohel, Kathryn A ^a   MacKenzie, Duncan S ^a   Rostal, David C ^b   Grumbles, Janice S ^b   Lance, Valentine A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Reproduction; Testosterone; Thyroid; Thyroxine; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERMOREGULATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TURTLE;

EID: 0035102470     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7595     Document Type: Article

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