Response to selection for photoperiod responsiveness on the density and location of mature GnRH-releasing neurons

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 5 57-5, 2005, Pages

  Avigdor, Mauricio ^a   Sullivan, Shannon D ^a,b   Heideman, Paul D ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Brain variation; Evolutionary physiology; Genetic variation; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; GONADORELIN; PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICETIDAE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; NEURONS; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 17844392846     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00562.2004     Document Type: Article

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