Pituitary luteinizing hormone responses to single doses of exogenous GnRH in female social Cape ground squirrels exhibiting low reproductive skew

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-13

  Jackson, T P ^a   Waterman, J M ^b   Bennett, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophin releasing hormone; Ground squirrel; Luteinizing hormone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; INHIBITION; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 34548126840     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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