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Identity of Prolactin with Water Drive Factor in Triturus viridescens
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BiologyEndocrine MechanismNatural SciencesMedicinePhysiologyWater Drive FactorWater DriveNormal ThyroidsReproductive HormoneReproductive BiologyThyroid HormoneEndocrinologyProteomicsAdult Structural CharacteristicsReproductive Endocrinology
Prolactin induces the water drive in normal, thyroidectomized or gonadectomized land phases of Triturus viridescens within 10 days, irrespective of their size or sex. It induces repeated molting in efts with normal thyroids but not in efts deprived of their thyroids. It causes also the rapid assumption of the adult coloration and finally the appearance of adult structural characteristics.