Validation of a radioimmunoassay for measuring testosterone concentrations in plasma samples of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum: Outstandingly elevated levels in the wild and the effect of captivity

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 572-583

  Vera, Federico ^a   Zenuto, Roxana Rita ^a,b   Antenucci, Carlos Daniel ^a,b   Busso, Juan Manuel ^b,c   Marín, Raúl Héctor ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; ARGENTINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RODENTIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS TALARUM; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80053644445     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.707     Document Type: Article

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