Reproductive profiles of adult Mongolian gerbils gestated as the sole fetus in a uterine horn

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-81

  Clark, Mertice M ^a   Vonk, Jennifer M ^a   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copulatory patterns; Intrauterine position; Mongolian gerbils; Reproductive success; Scent marking; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GERBIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 0031014483     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00313-7     Document Type: Article

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