Normal morphology and hormone receptor expression in the male California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) genital tract

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1818-1826

  Colegrove, Kathleen M ^a   Gulland, Frances M D ^b   Naydan, Diane K ^a   Lowenstine, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

California sea lion; Estrogen receptor; Male reproductive tract; Progesterone receptor; Urogenital cancer

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EPIDIDYMIS; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEAL; TESTIS; URETHRA; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; GENITALIA, MALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PENIS; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEA LIONS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

GLANS; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 70449643128     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21008     Document Type: Article

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