Pituitary-gonadal axis and secondary sex characters in the spontaneously masculinized pintail, Anas acuta (Anatidae, Aves), with special regard to the gonadotrophs

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-61

  Chiba, A ^a   Sakai, H ^b   Sato, M ^b   Honma, R ^c   Murata, K ^b   Sugimori, F ^d  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Niigata Pref Wild Bird Conserv G   (Japan)

^d YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Gonadotrophs; Immunohistochemistry; Masculinization; Pintail; Pituitary gonadal system; Secondary sex characters

Indexed keywords

DNA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DUCKS AND GEESE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INVOLUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 1942535876     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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