Reproductive cycle of the Neotropical Crotalus durissus terrificus: II. Establishment and maintenance of the uterine muscular twisting, a strategy for long-term sperm storage

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-157

  Yamanouye, N ^a   Silveira, P F ^a   Abdalla, F M F ^a   Almeida Santos, S M ^a   Breno, M C ^a   Salomao M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin; Crotalus; Reproduction; Sexual hormones; Uterine muscular twisting

Indexed keywords

CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; SPERM; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 7044260585     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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