Changes in thyrotropin messenger RNA and circulating hormone levels during induced molting of the hen (gallus domesticus)

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 489-496

  Iwasawa, Atsushi ^a   Kato, Yukio ^b   Hishikawa, Tomoko ^c   Osamu, D O I ^a   Kamiyoshi, Michiharu ^b   Nakamura, Takao ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Gifu Prefectural College of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Circulating hormones; Induced molting; mRNA; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348233584     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.489     Document Type: Article

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