Ontogeny of pronounced female-biased sexual size dimorphism in the Malaysian cat gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus: Squamata: Eublepharidae): A test of the role of testosterone in growth regulation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-188

  Kubička, Lukáš ^a   Golinski, Alison ^b   John Alder, Henry ^b   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gecko; Growth; Hormone manipulation; Ovarian function; Sexual size dimorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AELUROSCALABOTES FELINUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMATE;

EID: 84878957374     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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