Seasonal cycles in the blood plasma concentration of FSH, inhibin and testosterone, and testicular size in rams of wild, feral and domesticated breeds of sheep.

doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0880623

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Seasonal cycles in the blood plasma concentration of FSH, inhibin and testosterone, and testicular size in rams of wild, feral and domesticated breeds of sheep.

Journal of reproduction and fertility - 1 Mar 1990

Lincoln G A, Lincoln C E, McNeilly A S

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Seasonal cycles in testicular activity in rams were monitored in groups of wild (mouflon), feral (Soay) and domesticated breeds of sheep (Shetland, Blackface, Herdwick, Norfolk, Wiltshire, Portland and Merino) living outdoors near Edinburgh (56 degrees N). The changes in the blood plasma concentr...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Domestic
Animals, Wild
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Genetic Variation
Inhibins
Male
Seasons
Selection, Genetic
Sheep
Testis
Testosterone

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