Social status and GnRH soma size in female convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciatus)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 272, Issue , 2014, Pages 205-208

  Nesjan, Erin ^a   Gutierrez Ibanez, Cristian ^a   Cameron, Jason R ^a   Merrigan, Sydele ^a   Wylie, Douglas R ^a   Hurd, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amatitlania nigrofasciatus; Convict cichlid; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Social status

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CICHLID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; AGGRESSION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CICHLIDS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA;

EID: 84904739177     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.06.028     Document Type: Article

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