The relationship between plasma steroid hormone concentrations and the reproductive cycle in the Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 590-599

  Lind, Craig M ^a   Husak, Jerry F ^b   Eikenaar, Cas ^b   Moore, Ignacio T ^b   Taylor, Emily N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; 5 dihydrotestosterone; Corticosterone; Progesterone; Reproduction; Reptile; Snake; Steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COURTSHIP; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 77952111109     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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