The effect of testosterone in mice divergently selected on fat content or body weight

Genetical Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-141

  Hastings, Ian M ^a   Hill, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORCHIECTOMY; SELECTION (GENETICS); TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031434635     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397002905     Document Type: Article

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