Metabolic and endocrine changes during the reproductive cycle of dermatophagic caecilians in captivity

Zoology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 277-285

  Gomes, Aline D ^a   Navas, Carlos A ^a   Jared, Carlos ^b   Antoniazzi, Marta M ^b   Ceballos, Nora R ^c   Moreira, Renata G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dermatophagy; Gonadal steroids; Reproductive cycle; Siphonops annulatus; Skin feeding

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GYMNOPHIONA; SIPHONOPS ANNULATUS;

PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DERMATOPHAGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GONAD; GONADAL STEROIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY CYCLE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIPHONOPS ANNULATUS; SKIN; SKIN FEEDING;

DERMATOPHAGY; GONADAL STEROIDS; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SIPHONOPS ANNULATUS; SKIN FEEDING;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKIN;

EID: 84884592499     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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