Continuous male presence required for fertilization in captive painted dragons, Ctenophorus pictus

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1115-1119

  Uller, Tobias ^a,b   Olsson, Mats ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HIBERNATION; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HIBERNATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CTENOPHORUS PICTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 30744476483     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.232     Document Type: Article

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