Expression profiles of metamorphosis-related genes during natural transformations in tadpoles of wild wood frogs (lithobates sylvaticus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1059-1071

  Navarro Martín, Laia ^a   Lanctôt, Chantal ^a   Edge, Christopher ^b   Houlahan, Jeff ^b   Trudeau, Vance L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Developmental gene expression profiles; Lithobates sylvaticus; Metamorphosis; Rana sylvatica; Tadpoles; Thyroid axis; Wood Frog

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; TRANSFORMATION; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84865390175     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z2012-074     Document Type: Article

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