Organizational changes to thyroid regulation in Alligator mississippiensis: evidence for predictive adaptive responses.

During embryonic development, organisms are sensitive to changes in thyroid hormone signaling which can reset the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. It has been hypothesized that this developmental programming is a 'predictive adaptive response', a physiological adjustment in accordance...

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Main Authors: Ashley S P Boggs, Russell H Lowers, Jessica A Cloy-McCoy, Louis J Guillette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559545?pdf=render