Testosterone has opposite effects on male growth in lizards (Sceloporus spp.) with opposite patterns of sexual size dimorphism

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4679-4687

  Cox, Robert M ^a,b   John Alder, Henry B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Growth; Hormone manipulation; Proximate mechanism; Reproductive investment; Sceloporus jarrovii; Sceloporus virgatus; Sexual size dimorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; EVOLUTION; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LIZARDS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS JARROVII; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31044456813     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01948     Document Type: Article

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