Condition-dependent auditory processing in the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus): Links to sex, reproductive condition and female estrogen levels

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1075-1084

  Zeyl, Jeffrey N ^b   Love, Oliver P ^a   Higgs, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Acoustic communication; Hair cells; Reproductive plasticity; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VESTIBULE; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ESTRADIOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84875269838     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076935     Document Type: Article

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