Detection and changes in levels of testosterone during spermatogenesis in the freshwater planarian Bdellocephala brunnea

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 760-765

  Fukushima, Makoto ^a,b   Funabiki, Ikumi ^b   Hashizume, Tsutomu ^a   Osada, Kyoichi ^a,b,c   Yoshida, Wataru ^b   Ishida, Sachiko ^a,b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Planaria; Spermatogenesis; Steroid; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; MALE; PLANARIANS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

BDELLOCEPHALA BRUNNEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51549092739     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.760     Document Type: Article

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