Offspring sex-ratio and reproductive performance in heterogametic females of the South American field mouse Akodon azarae. Reproduction in heterogametic Akodon azarae females

Hereditas

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Espinosa, M B ^a,b   Vitullo, A D ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AKODON AZARAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030018568     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1996.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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