Hormonal organization and activation: Evolutionary implications and questions

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-285

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative endocrinology; Evolution; Hormonal activation; Hormonal organization; Japanese quail; Phylogeny; Sex determination; Sex steroid hormones; Sexual differentiation; Sexual dimorphism; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINCH; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84859897815     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.12.040     Document Type: Review

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