A review of the molecular mechanisms of monogonont rotifer reproduction

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 662, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-97

  Snell, Terry W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Mixis; Pheromones; Receptors; Reproduction; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX HORMONE; SIGNAL; STEROID; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIONIDAE; PROTOSTOMIA; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959807166     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0483-5     Document Type: Review

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