Reproduction in male swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor): Puberty and the effects of season

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 518-533

  Paplinska, Justyna Zofia ^a   Moyle, Richard L C ^a   Wreford, Nigel G ^b   Temple Smith, Peter D M ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgens; Annual breeding patterns; Epididymis; Macropodid; Prostate; Puberty; Swamp wallaby; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; RETE TESTIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; WINTER;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSTATE; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MACROPODIDAE; WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 34648823391     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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