Advances in conservation endocrinology: The application of molecular approaches to the conservation of endangered species

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-34

  Tubbs, Christopher ^a   McDonough, Caitlin E ^a   Felton, Rachel ^a   Milnes, Matthew R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MARS HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Endocrine disruption; Hormone receptors; In vitro approaches

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PHYTOESTROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; HORMONE;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BINDING AFFINITY; CONSERVATION ENDOCRINOLOGY; DINOSAUR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; RHINOCEROS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TRENDS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; HUMANS; PERISSODACTYLA; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84906794249     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.02.013     Document Type: Review

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