The pituitary potential for opportunistic breeding in the Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 615-619

  Hart, Leanne ^a   O'Riain, M Justin ^b   Jarvis, Jennifer U M ^b   Bennett, Nigel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergus; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone; Luteinising hormone; Mole rat; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33746265591     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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