Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase as a Substrate for the Evolution of Pseudosexual Behaviour in a Parthenogenetic Whiptail Lizard

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-253

  O'Connell, L A ^a,b   Matthews, B J ^b   Crews, D ^a,b  

^a Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Parthenogenesis; Preoptic area; Progesterone receptor; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; LIZARDS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OVARY; PARTHENOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79951513288     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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