Hormonal components of altered developmental pathways in the annual killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-174

  Pri Tal, Benjamin M ^a   Blue, Steven ^b   Pau, Francis K Y ^b   Podrabsky, Jason E ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Developmental biology; Diapause; Endocrinology; Fish; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTROFUNDULUS LIMNAEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DIAPAUSE; DIAPAUSE II; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 80054098523     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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