Red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) as a model for studying the molecular mechanism of seasonal reproduction

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 328-332

  Ono, Hiroko ^a   Nakao, Nobuhiro ^a   Yamamura, Takashi ^a   Kinoshita, Keiji ^a   Mizutani, Makoto ^a   Namikawa, Takao ^a   Iigo, Masayuki ^b   Ebihara, Shizufumi ^a   Yoshimura, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone (LH); Photoperiodism; Red jungle fowl; Thyrotropin (TSH); Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (DIO2)

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 65749088398     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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