Evaluating the reproductive status of the male budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Reitemeier, Susanne ^a   Hänse, Maria ^a   Hahn, Anke ^a   Schmidt, Volker ^a   Steinbach Sobiraj, Katrin ^a   Krautwald Junghanns, Maria Elisabeth ^a   Einspanier, Almuth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Immunocytochemistry; Psittaciformes; Steroid receptors; Testes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERM CELL; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; NONHUMAN; PARAKEET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 79953752756     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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