Hormonal response of male green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis) to GnRH challenge

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Husak, Jerry F ^a,b   Irschick, Duncan J ^b   Henningsen, Justin P ^b   Kirkbride, Kimberly S ^a   Lailvaux, Simon P ^c   Moore, Ignacio T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LIZARDS; LOUISIANA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 60049088500     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.507     Document Type: Article

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