Plasticity of the reproductive axis caused by social status change in an african cichlid fish: II. Testicular gene expression and spermatogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 291-302

  Maruska, Karen P ^a   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; MALE; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650821180     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0876     Document Type: Article

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