Length of delay to birth of a second litter in dwarf hamsters (Phodopus): Evidence for post-implantation embryonic diapause

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-114

  Newkirk, Kerry D ^a   Mcmillan, Hugh J ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LABOR; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PHODOPUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031172887     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970601)278:2<106::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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