Effects of testosterone on the development of neuromuscular systems and their target tissues involved in courtship and copulation in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 295-305

  Lovern, Matthew B ^a,b   Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Fuller, Carly O ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Anolis; Development; Dewlap; Hemipenes; Lizard; Reproduction; Sexual differentiation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; JUVENILE; LIZARD; MALE; MASCULINITY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COPULATION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHARYNX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1542535552     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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