Effects of Androgens on Sex Differentiation of the Urodele Pleurodeles waltl

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-55

  Chardard, D ^a   Kuntz, S ^a   Chesnel, A ^a   Flament, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; PLEURODELES; PLEURODELES WALTL; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GONADAL DISEASE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; URODELA; VIRILISM;

EID: 0037364766     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10240     Document Type: Article

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