Timing of mating, developmental asynchrony and the sex ratio in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Krackow, S ^a,b   Burgoyne, P S ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c National Insititute for Medical Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed mating; Developmental asynchrony; Preimplantation sex differences; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030664587     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00393-4     Document Type: Article

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