Histological and endocrine characterisation of the annual luteal activity in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-484

  Carnaby, Kim ^a,b   Painer, Johanna ^a   Sod̈erberg, Arne ^c   Gavier Wideǹ, Dolores ^c,d   Gor̈itz, Frank ^a   Dehnhard, Martin ^a   Jewgenow, Katarina ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INCIDENCE; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LUTEAL CELLS; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; LYNX; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867162509     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0166     Document Type: Article

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