Testosterone regulates sexually dimorphic coloration in the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 597-608

  Cox, Robert M ^a   Skelly, Stephanie L ^a   Leo, Angela ^a   John Alder, Henry B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TESTOSTERONE;

PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 23444446525     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-04-313R     Document Type: Article

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