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Sexual maturation in hens is not associated with increases in serum leptin and the expression of leptin receptor mRNA in hypothalamus

BACKGROUND: In mammals, leptin is an attractive candidate for mediating the metabolic signal and the reproductive function via the specific receptor in hypothalamus. However, till now, the role of leptin on reproduction in birds is less well established. This experiment was conducted to elucidate th...

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Autores principales: Ni, Yingdong, Lv, Jinfang, Wang, Shaoqing, Zhao, Ruqian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23803253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-1891-4-24