No evidence of androgenic hormone from the testes of the glowworm, Lampyris noctiluca

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 40-50

  Maas, Ulrike ^a   Dorn, August ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgenic hormone; Glowworm; Gonadal transplantation; Lampyris noctiluca (Insecta, Coleoptera); Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 21344458995     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.02.025     Document Type: Article

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