Growth-related changes in histology and immunolocalization of steroid hormone receptors in gonads of the immature male green turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 166-174

  Otsuka, Saori ^a   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^b   Kamezaki, Naoki ^c   Shima, Tatsuya ^c   Wakatsuki, Motoki ^c   Kon, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohtaishi, Noriyuki ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sea Turtle Association of Japan   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; TESTIS; TURTLES;

EID: 42149168995     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.444     Document Type: Article

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