Effects of sex, age, and season on plasma steroids in free-ranging Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 589-596

  Wack, Corina L ^a   Fox, Stanley F ^a   Hellgren, Eric C ^b   Lovern, Matthew B ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Estradiol; Progesterone; Reptile; Stress; Testosterone; Texas horned lizard

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 38849108752     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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