ACTH-induced stress response during pregnancy in a viviparous gecko: No observed effect on offspring quality

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 823-835

  Preest, Marion R ^a   Cree, Alison ^b   Tyrrell, Claudine L ^b  

^a The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HOPLODACTYLUS MACULATUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LIZARD; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TIME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25144522712     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.209     Document Type: Article

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