Estradiol, reproductive cycle and preference behavior in a northern swordtail

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 381-390

  Ramsey, Mary E ^a   Wong, Ryan Y ^a   Cummings, Molly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociated reproduction; Estradiol; Mate choice; Preference behavior; Receptivity; Reproductive cycle; Sexual selection; Sperm storage; Xiphophorus nigrensis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VITELLOGENESIS; XIPHOPHORUS NIGRENSIS;

EID: 78650680185     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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