Steroid correlates of multiple color traits in the spiny lizard, Sceloporus pyrocephalus

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 641-654

  Calisi, Rebecca M ^a,c   Hews, Diana K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple color traits; Sceloporus pyrocephalus; Sex steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE;

SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS PYROCEPHALUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547117097     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0162-7     Document Type: Article

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