Diurnal patterns and sex differences in cortisol, 11-ketotestosterone, testosterone, and 17β-estradiol in the bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 438-446

  Lorenzi, V ^a   Earley, R L ^b   Rodgers, E W ^a   Pepper, D R ^a   Grober, M S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; 17 Estradiol; Cortisol; Diurnal pattern; Lythrypnus dalli; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LYTHRYPNUS DALLI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 37549054001     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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