Hormones, brain, and behavior in reptiles

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 771-818

  Crews, D ^a   Sanderson, N ^a   Dias, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphisbaenians; Anterior hypothalamus; Arginine vasotocin (AVT); Aromatase; C fos; Crocodilians; Cytochrome oxidase (CO); Dopamine; Estrogen receptor; Genotypic sex determination (GSD); Leopard gecko; Nitric oxide (NO); Parthenogenesis; Preoptic area (POA); Progesterone receptor; Red sided garter snake; Serotonin; Sex ratio; Sexual differentiation; Side blotched lizard; Tree lizard; Tuatara; Turtle; Ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH); Whiptail lizard

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EID: 84884801360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00023-1     Document Type: Chapter

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