Seasonal and individual variation in response to GnRH challenge in male dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-189

  Jawor, Jodie M ^a   McGlothlin, Joel W ^a   Casto, Joseph M ^b   Greives, Timothy J ^a   Snajdr, Eric A ^a   Bentley, George E ^c   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark eyed junco; GnRH challenge; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Junco hyemalis; Seasonality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GONAD; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALIZATION; JUNCO HYEMALIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STIMULUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 33749239415     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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