Corticosterone stimulates hatching of late-term tree lizard embryos

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 360-365

  Weiss, Stacey L ^a,b   Johnston, Gwynne ^a   Moore, Michael C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Glucocorticoids; Oviparous; Reproduction; Stress; Urosaurus ornatus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIZARD; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OVIPARITY;

ANIMALIA; UROSAURUS; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 33847246896     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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