Annual reproductive synchronization in ovary and pineal gland function of female short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-400

  Haldar, Chandana ^a   Yadav, Rajesh ^a   Alipreeta, ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bats; Bimodal polyestry; Delayed embryonic development; Estradiol; Female reproductive cycle; Flying mammals; Gestation; Melatonin; Winter stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BAT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745603203     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.041     Document Type: Article

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