Maternal serum and yolk hormone concentrations in the placental viviparous bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-247

  Manire, Charles A ^a   Rasmussen, L E L ^b   Gelsleichter, James ^a   Hess, David L ^c  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonnethead shark; Estradiol; Hormone; Sphyrna tiburo; Testosterone; Yolk

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE TRANSPORT; IMPLANTATION; MATERNAL SERUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OVULATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHARK; SPHYRNA TIBURO; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 1542404523     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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