Phylogenetic aspects of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and its homologs in vertebrates

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1200, Issue , 2010, Pages 75-84

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH); gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); gonadotropins; hypothalamus; pituitary; reproduction

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOWL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 77954616184     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05510.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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