Effects of gonadal sex and incubation temperature on the ontogeny of gonadal steroid concentrations and secondary sex structures in leopard geckos, Eublepharis macularius

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-296

  Rhen, Turk ^a   Sakata, Jon T ^b   Crews, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Development; Estrogens; Lizards; Secondary sexual traits

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIS; FEMALE; GONAD; INCUBATION TIME; LIZARD; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 20344383213     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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