Induced ovulation and egg deposition in the direct developing anuran Eleutherodactylus coqui

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Michael, Scott F ^a   Buckley, Christine ^a   Toro, Esteban ^b   Estrada, Alberto R ^c   Vincent, Shawn ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DESLORELIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN[1-9][6 DEXTRO ALANINE]; GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISH; FOWL; FROG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PUERTO RICO; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANURA; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; OOCYTES; OVIPOSITION; OVULATION; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 4344613969     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-2-6     Document Type: Article

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