The role of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone in environmentally induced color change.
It is generally accepted that the endocrine basis of integumental color change in vertebrates is due to pituitary secretion of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH). However, physiological levels of α-MSH has not been reported for several species that have historically been the models of choi...
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The University of Arizona.
1990
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185173 |