Differential effects of testosterone and 17β-estradiol on gonadal development in five anuran species

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-267

  Piprek, Rafał P ^a   Pecio, Anna ^a   Kubiak, Jacek Z ^b,c   Szymura, Jacek M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BUFO; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; OVARY; RANIDAE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; BOMBINA BOMBINA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BUFO VIRIDIS; HYLA ARBOREA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84864351544     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0048     Document Type: Article

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