Progesterone and reproduction in marsupials: A review

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-40

  Bradshaw, Felicity J ^a   Bradshaw, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Corpus luteum; Marsupial; Oestrous cycle; Oestrus; Progesterone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

BLASTOCYST; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LACTATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MARSUPIAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 78650309322     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.015     Document Type: Review

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