Sex steroids in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis): Uncoupled maternal plasma and yolking follicle concentrations, potential embryonic steroidogenesis, and evolutionary implications

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-115

  Lovern, Matthew B ^a,b   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Embryo; Estradiol 17 ; Lizard; Maternal effects; Sex steroids; Testosterone; Yolk

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DYNAMICS; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; LIZARD; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0141682270     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00240-5     Document Type: Article

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