Relationship between steroidogenesis and spermiation in Rana catesbeiana and Leptodactylus ocellatus

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-566

  Rosemblit, Cinthia ^a   Pozzi, Andrea G ^a   Ceballos, Nora R ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Anura; hCG; Spermiation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

17,20 DIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; 17,20-DIHYDROXY-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RANA CATESBEIANA; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM; LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 33745964887     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0078-7     Document Type: Article

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