Newly deposited maternal hormones can be detected in the yolks of oviductal eggs in the green anole lizard

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 352-358

  Cohen, Rachel E ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIZARDS; OVIDUCTS; OVUM; YOLK SAC;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953482516     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.605     Document Type: Article

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