Sexual differentiation in three unconventional mammals: Spotted hyenas, elephants and tammar wallabies

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-417

  Glickman, Stephen E ^a   Short, Roger V ^b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgens; Carnivores; Elephant embryology; Hormonal imprinting; Hormone independent sexual dimorphisms; Marsupials; Ontogeny and phylogeny; Placental metabolism; Virilization

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BRAIN; CLITORIS; COPULATION; DEVELOPMENT; ELEPHANT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETICS; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; MAMMAL; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PENIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TESTIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 26844507967     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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