Seasonal concentrations of reproductive steroids in the gonads of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-360

  Powell, Mickie L ^a   Kavanaugh, Scott I ^a   Sower, Stacia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAGFISH; MYXINE; MYXINE GLUTINOSA;

EID: 1942424806     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.20043     Document Type: Article

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