Measuring steroid hormones in avian eggs

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1046, Issue , 2005, Pages 181-192

  Von Engelhardt, Nikolaus ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Albumen; Androgens; Egg; Immunoassay; Maternal hormones; Steroids; Testosterone; Validation; Yolk

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; HORMONE; LIPID; PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS REACTION; EGG; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOWL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN;

AVES;

EID: 23744443369     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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