Multiple factors determine the sex ratio of postpartum-conceived norway rat litters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 359-366

  Bacon, Sarah J ^a   McClintock, Martha K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantation sites; Norway rat; Postpartum estrus; Sex ratio; Uterine asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX RATIO; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028260552     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90207-0     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Determinants of reproductive success in savannah baboons, Papio cynocephalus
2. Facultative sex-ratio adjustment in Norway rats: Litters born asynchronously are female biased
3. Decidualization in the postpartum uterus of the mouse
4. Asymmetrical distribution of implantation sites in the rat uterus
5. Facultative sex ratio manipulation
6. Sex ratio and local resource competition in a prosimian primate
7. Male rat pups are more hesitant to urinate in response to anogenital stimulation than are their female sibs
8. Sexual segregation in the left and right horns of the gerbil uterus: “The male embryo is usually on the right, the female on the left” (Hippocrates)
9. Nonrandom sex composition of gerbil, mouse, and hamster litters before and after birth
10. Parental investment in male and female offspring in polygynous mammals
11. Intrauterine foreign body. I. Effect on reproductive processes in the rat
12. Timing of insemination is correlated with the secondary sex ratio of Norway rats
13. The Timing of Mating by Postpartum Estrous Rats
14. Unmasking sex ratio biasing through targeted analysis
15. The growth and variability in the body weight of the albino rat
16. Sex-specific embryonic mortality during concurrent pregnancy and lactation in house mice
17. Sex ratio and litter size in relation to parity and mode of conception in three inbred strains of mice
18. Sex ratio manipulation, maternal investment and behaviour during concurrent pregnancy and lactation in house mice
19. The effects of lactation on the implantation of ova of a concurrent pregnancy in the rat
20. Sex ratio manipulation and decreased growth of male offspring of undernourished golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
21. Frequency and extent of delayed implantation in lactating rats and mice
22. Sex-biased litter reduction in food restricted wood rats (Neotoma floridana)
23. Inter-litter competition and communal nursing among Norway rats: Advantages of birth synchrony
24. Mother rats interact differently with male and female offspring
25. Asymmetry in the ovary and uterus of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)
26. Influence of social factors on sex ratio at birth, maternal investment and young survival in a prosimian primate
27. Effects of induced ovulation by pregnant mare's serum and human chorionic gonadotropin on the sex ratio of mouse fetuses
28. Local resource competition and facultative adjustment of sex ratios in relation to competitive abilities
29. Beiträge zur Soziologie und sonstigen Biologie der Wanderratte
30. Natural selection of parental ability to vary the sex ratio of offspring
31. Suckling-induced delay of implantation and increased fecundity in rats
32. Inequality in function of the right and left ovaries and uterine horns of the mouse
33. Sexual Selection, Sex Ratio and Mating System
34. Resource partitioning during reproduction in the Norway rat