Effect of selection for development rate on reproductive onset in female mice

Genetical Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-64

  Ernst, C A ^a   Crenshaw, P D ^a   Atchley, W R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; VAGINA; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL MATURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032849850     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001667239900381X     Document Type: Article

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