Maternal thyroid hormones in Japanese quail eggs

Thyroid hormone content in eggs varies with the thyroid status of the hen and may influence embryonic development prior to the release of appreciable amounts of thyroid hormones by the embryonic thyroid gland. Methods for the measurement of thyroid hormones in egg yolk were verified by demonstrating...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Charles Morgan
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44353
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222008-063658/