Reproductive seasonality of the male Florida gar, Lepisosteus platyrhincus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-371

  Orlando, Edward F ^a,c   Binczik, Gerald A ^a   Thomas, Peter ^b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Holostean; Reproductive physiology; Semi tropical; Seminiferous tubule area; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPAWNING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 0037403540     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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