Testosterone treatment of pregnant rabbits affects sexual development of their daughters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 422-427

  Bánszegi, Oxána ^a   Altbäcker, Vilmos ^a   Dúcs, Anita ^a   Bilkó, Ágnes ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Hormonal imprinting; Intrauterine position; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DAUGHTER; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RABBIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIRILIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RABBITS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIBLINGS; TESTOSTERONE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 77957257513     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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