Serum concentrations of gonadotropins and steroid hormones of Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis in middle and lower regions of the Yangtze River

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 673-680

  Hao, Yu Jiang ^a,b   Chen, Dao Quan ^a   Zhao, Qing Zhong ^a   Wang, Ding ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Finless porpoise; Gonadotropins; Neophocaena phocaenoides; Steroid hormones; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; CHINA; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHINA; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; MALE; PORPOISES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES ASIAEORIENTALIS; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33846611073     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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