Hatching the cleidoic egg: The role of thyroid hormones

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  De Groef, Bert ^a,b   Grommen, Sylvia V H ^a,b   Darras, Veerle M ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Altricial; Bird; Egg; Embryo; Hatching; Precocial; Reptile; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BLACKBIRD; CHICK; CHICK EMBRYO; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; HISTOLOGY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; THERMOREGULATION; UPREGULATION; YOLK SAC;

EID: 84884189261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00063     Document Type: Review

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