Variation in the reproductive potential of Schistocephalus infected male sticklebacks is associated with 11-ketotestosterone titre

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-379

  Macnab, V ^a   Scott, A P ^b   Katsiadaki, I ^b   Barber, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Gasterosteidae; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Hormones; Ligula intestinalis; Parasites; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; GLYCOPROTEIN; SPIGGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STICKLEBACK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; INDIVIDUALITY; KIDNEY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; TESTOSTERONE; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 80052168096     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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