Primary and secondary sexual characters in alternative reproductive tactics of chinook salmon: Associations with androgens and the maturation-inducing steroid

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-456

  Butts, Ian A E ^a   Love, Oliver P ^a   Farwell, Michelle ^a   Pitcher, Trevor E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Alternative reproductive tactic; Gonad; Hooknose; Jack; Progestin

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84856111059     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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