Short day length alone does not inhibit spermatogenesis in the seasonally breeding four-striped field mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1320-1323

  Jackson, C ^a   Bernard, R T F ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0033008054     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.6.1320     Document Type: Article

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