Normally occurring intersexuality and testosterone induced plasticity in the copulatory system of adult leopard geckos

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-445

  Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Putz, Oliver ^b   Crews, David ^b   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Intersex; Leopard gecko; Sex difference; Sexual dimorphism; Temperature dependent sex determination; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIZARD; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 15044347781     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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