X-chromosome dosage affects male sexual behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-572

  Bonthuis, Paul J ^a   Cox, Kimberly H ^a   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploid; Klinefelter's Syndrome; Masculine behavior; Sex Chromosomes; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EJACULATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; X CHROMOSOME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VASOPRESSINS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84859110037     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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