Targeted expression of androgen receptors in tooth-forming tissues of a neotropical salamander (Bolitoglossa schizodactyla) enables region-specific formation of dimorphic types of teeth in the male

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-35

  Ehmcke, Jens ^a   Wistuba, Joachim ^a   Clemen, Günter ^a   Schlatt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptors; Bolitoglossa schizodactyla; Sex specific tooth morphology; Urodela

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAXILLA; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SALAMANDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0042233905     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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