Relationship between uterine morphology and peripheral concentrations of sex steroid hormone in wild Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 251-262

  Yamane, Masako ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshio ^b   Tsujimoto, Tsunenori ^c   Osawa, Takeshi ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

^c Morioka Zoological Park   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bear; Oestradiol; PCNA; Progesterone; Seasonal dynamics; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; JAPAN; ORGAN SIZE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SEASONS; URSIDAE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 64949158606     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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