Effects of uterine position on rate of sexual development in female Mongolian gerbils

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 15-18

  Clark, Mertice M ^a   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Puberty; Sex ratio; Sexual development; Uterine location

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VAGINA OPENING;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX MATURATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023877303     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(88)90253-3     Document Type: Article

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