Luteal development and progesterone levels during pregnancy of the viviparous temperate lizard Barisia imbricata imbricata (Reptilia: Anguidae)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-65

  Martínez Torres, Martín ^a   Hernández Caballero, Marta Elena ^a   Alvarez Rodriguez, Carmen ^a   Luis Díaz, Juana Alba ^a   Ortíz López, Guadalupe ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Hosp Juarez Secretaria S   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Barisia imbricata imbricata; Corpus luteum; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Reptiles; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER CELL MASS; LIZARD; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPRING; WINTER;

EID: 0038522626     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00607-X     Document Type: Article

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