Gonadal steroids vary with reproductive stage in a tropically breeding female anuran

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 51-56

  Lynch, Kathleen S ^a   Wilczynski, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal hormones; Reproductive behavior; Reproductive cycle; Tropical anuran

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 21344459221     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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