Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 358-365 , October 2007

In vitro evidence that leptin suppresses melatonin secretion during long days and stimulates its secretion during short days in seasonal breeding ewes

  • Dorota A. Zieba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding, University of Agriculture, Krakow 30-059, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 12 662 40 89; fax: +48 12 633 33 07.
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  • Beata Klocek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding, University of Agriculture, Krakow 30-059, Poland
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  • Gary L. Williams

      Affiliations

    • Animal Reproduction Laboratory, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research Station, Beeville, TX 78102, USA
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  • Katarzyna Romanowicz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Department of Endocrinology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jablonna, Poland
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  • Lukasz Boliglowa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding, University of Agriculture, Krakow 30-059, Poland
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  • Malgorzata Wozniak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding, University of Agriculture, Krakow 30-059, Poland

Received 28 February 2006 ,Revised 19 June 2006 ,Accepted 19 June 2006.

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PII: S0739-7240(06)00119-6

doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2006.06.004

Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 358-365 , October 2007

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