11-Oxygenated androgens in female teleosts: Prevalence, abundance, and life history implications

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Lokman, P Mark ^a   Harris, Bernadette ^a   Kusakabe, Makoto ^a   Kime, David E ^b   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^c   Adachi, Shinji ^d   Young, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; 11 Oxygenated androgens; Evolution; Female; Function; Teleost

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; 11BETA HYDROXYTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALMONID; TELEOST;

EID: 0037210226     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00562-2     Document Type: Article

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