Glucocorticoids: Mediators of vertebrate ontogenetic transitions

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-453

  Wada, Haruka ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Dispersal; Fledging; Glucocorticoids; Hatch; Life history; Metamorphosis; Ontogeny; Smoltification; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROID HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; BIRD; BIRTH; BREEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FISH; HATCHING; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MATURITY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SHORT SURVEY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 42649091791     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.02.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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