The influence of sex steroids on the sexual size dimorphism in the red-spotted garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 218-225

  Lerner, D T ^a   Mason, R T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogen; Antiestrogen; Growth; Hormone profile; Sex steroids; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROID METABOLISM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS CONCINNUS;

EID: 0035163152     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7695     Document Type: Article

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