Reproductive and immune responses to photoperiod and melatonin are linked in Peromyscus subspecies

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 819-825

  Demas, G E ^a   Klein, S L ^a   Nelson, R J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Immunity; Pineal; Rhythms; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030481323     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00207360     Document Type: Article

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