The role of prolactin in the regulation of brood care in the cooperatively breeding fish Neolamprologus pulcher

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 515-524

  Bender, Nicole ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a   Power, Deborah M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS;

AVES; CICHLIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; OVIS;

EID: 57749189555     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.482     Document Type: Article

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