Thyroid hormone concentrations associated with age, sex, reproductive status and apparent reproductive failure in the Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) | Zendy

Todd R. Robeck | Zendy; Rodrigo de Souza Amaral | Zendy; V M F da Silva | Zendy; Anthony R. Martin | Zendy; Gisele Montano | Zendy; Janine L. Brown | Zendy

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Thyroid hormone concentrations associated with age, sex, reproductive status and apparent reproductive failure in the Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)

Author(s) -

Todd R. Robeck,

Rodrigo de Souza Amaral,

V M F da Silva,

Anthony R. Martin,

Gisele Montano,

Janine L. Brown

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coz041

Subject(s) - biology , amazon rainforest , hormone , thyroid , thyroid hormones , physiology , endocrinology , ecology

Thyroid hormones play important roles in metabolic and reproductive function; however, they have not been described in detail for any river dolphin species. We characterize these hormones across different age, sex and pregnancy status in the Amazon river dolphin in order to provide baseline normal values for this increasingly threatened species.

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