Spontaneous testicular regression in collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) exposed to prolonged long photoperiod

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-313

  Gower, B A ^a,b   Nagy, T R ^a,b   Stetson, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALIA; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS;

EID: 0031757176     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1130307     Document Type: Article

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