Ovarian growth and folliculogenesis in breeding and nonbreeding females of a social rodent, the zambian common mole-rat, Cryptomys sp.

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Willingstorfer, Wolf Jürgen ^a   Burda, Hynek ^b   Winckler, Jürgen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Eusocial; Follicle; Hystricomorph rodent; Incest avoidance; Ovary; Reproductive suppression

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MOLE RAT; NEWBORN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MOLE RATS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGIDAE; CRYPTOMYS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; HYSTRICOGNATHI; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032127395     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199807)237:1<33::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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