Zebra finch sexual differentiation: The aromatization hypothesis revisited

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 354-363

  Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estradiol; Sexual dimorphism; Steroid hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL REGIONS; AROMATASE; BRAINSTEM; ESTRADIOL; MODELLING SYSTEMS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATIONS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SYSTEM FUNCTIONS; TESTOSTERONE;

STEROID HORMONES;

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COPULATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0035884840     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1148     Document Type: Article

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