Evolutionary insights into the regulation of courtship behavior in male amphibians and reptiles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-360

  Woolley, Sarah C ^a   Sakata, Jon T ^b   Crews, David ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin; Catecholamines; Comparative systems; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; COPULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; GENDER; GENOME SIZE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMBYSTOMA; CNEMIDOPHORUS;

EID: 5444229836     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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