Placental buffering of maternal steroid hormone effects on fetal and yolk hormone levels: A comparative study of a viviparous lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi, and an oviparous lizard, Sceloporus graciosus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-116

  Painter, Danika ^a   Jennings, David H ^a   Moore, Michael C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution of viviparity; Fetus; Maternal effects; Placenta; Sceloporus graciosus; Sceloporus jarrovi; Steroid hormones; Yolk

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HATCHING; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; LIZARD; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCELOPORUS GRACIOSUS; SCELOPORUS JARROVI; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0036402344     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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