title: Historical view of development of comparative endocrinology in Japan.
abstract: This article describing a brief history of development of comparative endocrinology in Japan is contributed to the journal General and Comparative Endocrinology, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its publication. It covers significant works in the field of comparative endocrinology that have been done by Japanese endocrinologists, focusing those achieved during the past 70 years. The contents were arranged according to the taxonomical order of the experimental animals with which individual researchers or research groups have contributed to the acquisition of important knowledge in comparative endocrinology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuyama
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004704:Endocrinology / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007564:Japan