Steroid hormones in bluegill, a species with male alternative reproductive tactics including female mimicry

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 628-632

  Knapp, Rosemary ^a   Neff, Bryan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Androgens; Cortisol; Estradiol; Female mimicry; Lepomis

Indexed keywords

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES;

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 38449113343     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0379     Document Type: Article

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