Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Voigt, Cornelia ^a   Gahr, Manfred ^b   Leitner, Stefan ^b   Lutermann, Heike ^a   Bennett, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Estrogen receptor alpha; Fukomys damarensis; In situ hybridization; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900831973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-38     Document Type: Article

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