Puberty in the Sheep

Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction: Two-Volume Set

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 1441-1485

  Foster, Douglas L ^a   Hileman, Stanley M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Puberty; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942901914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397175-3.00031-4     Document Type: Chapter

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