Testosterone stimulates the expression of a social color signal in Yarrow's spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 505-514

  Cox, Robert M ^a,b   Zilberman, Viktoriya ^a   John Alder, Henry B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CASTRATION; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE;

ACHILLEA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS JARROVII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 57749200242     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.481     Document Type: Article

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