Social regulation of reproduction in male cichlid fishes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-12

  Maruska, Karen P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominant; GnRH; Pituitary; Subordinate; Teleost; Testes

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; SEX HORMONE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CICHLID; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84908148446     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.04.038     Document Type: Review

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