Effects of mating dynamics and crowding on sex ratio variance in mice

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Krackow, S ^a,b  

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

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CROWDING; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030859977     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1100087     Document Type: Article

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