Browsing Theses by Subject "Estrogen-Experiments."

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Characterization of oviductal aromatase in the northern leopard frog (rana pipiens).

Kobayashi, Futoshi. (2012-07-09)

Estrogens increase the growth of the frog oviduct. Testosterone also has a growth promoting effect in the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens, while dihydrotestosterone does not. To investigate the possibility that the ...
Effects of estrogen, antistrogen, and feeding on egg maintenance in the leopard frog.

Bridge, Alisa J. (2012-07-30)

The effects of estrogen on egg maintenance were tested in gravid female frogs by injecting them with 0.5 ug estradiol-17B per gram of body weight. Upon autopsy, the animals were found to have greater degeneration of the ...