Early spring sex differences in luteinizing hormone response to gonadotropin releasing hormone in co-occurring resident and migrant dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis)

Highlights • In early spring female juncos vary in LH following repeated stimulation with GnRH.• Resident and migrant males do not vary in LH.• Suggests the pituitary as a critical point of control for reproductive timing.• Sex difference suggests selection shaped responsiveness at critical time points.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  General and Comparative Endocrinology

• Publication date

  2016-09-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.06.031PMID 27374492PMCID 5036536
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