Sex differences in body growth in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1975, Pages 353-361

  Slob, A Koos ^a   van der Werff Ten Bosch, Jacob J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control of postnatal growth; Gonadectomy at birth; Perinatal testosterone propionate; Rat; Sex difference in body growth

Indexed keywords

GONADECTOMY; GROWTH; RAT; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; FEMALE; GONADS; GROWTH; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; RATS; SEX FACTORS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0016707094     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(75)90044-X     Document Type: Article

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