Effect of steroid hormones on Bufo arenarum oviduct. Ultrastructural study

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 312-323

  Medina, Marcela Fátima ^a,b   Crespo, Claudia Alejandra ^a   Ramos, Inés ^a   Cisint, Susana Beatriz ^a   Fernández, Silvia Nélida ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; OVARIECTOMY; OVIDUCT; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; OVARIECTOMY; OVIDUCTS; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDS;

ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM; CONVOLUTA;

EID: 34250347403     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.387     Document Type: Article

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