A new sex dimorphism in the Harderian gland of the frog Rana esculenta

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 909-915

  Serino, Ismene ^a   Izzo, Gaia ^a   Ferrara, Diana ^a   D'Istria, Michela ^a   Minucci, Sergio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RNA;

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECRETION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 36348955557     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-072     Document Type: Article

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