Dietary phytoestrogens and photoperiodic response in a male songbird, the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 16-21

  Corbitt, Cynthia ^a   Satre, Danielle ^a   Adamson, Larry A ^a   Cobbs, Gary A ^a   Bentley, George E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diadzin; Endocrine disruption; Environmental signaling; Genistein; Genistin; Isoflavone; Songbird; Soy

Indexed keywords

DIADZIN; GENISTIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SOYBEAN; TESTIS; TISSUE GROWTH;

EID: 34548484859     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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