Stress hormones mediate environment-genotype interactions during amphibian development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-31

  Denver, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian metamorphosis; Corticotropin releasing factor; Glucocorticoid; Phenotypic plasticity; Stress; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; STRESS HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HABITAT; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERRENAL GLAND; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 67650642297     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.04.016     Document Type: Review

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