Gonadotropin Releasing Hormones and their Reeeptors in Avian Species

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-214

  Bédécarrats, Grégoy Y ^a   Shimizu, Mamiko ^a   Guémené, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

GnRH; GnRH receptor; reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349047101     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.43.199     Document Type: Article

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