Secretion of inhibin in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) from one week of age to sexual maturity

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Sedqyar, Manila ^a,b   Weng, Qiang ^b,c   Watanabe, Gen ^a,b   Kandiel, Mohamed M M ^b,d   Takahashi, Sinji ^e   Suzuki, Akira K ^e   Taneda, Shinji ^e   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Benha University   (Egypt)

^e National Institute for Environmental Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhibin; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica); Luteinizing hormone (LH); Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COTURNIX; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COTURNIX; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PEROXIDASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 45349103116     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19155     Document Type: Article

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