Postnatal growth rate and gonadal development in circadian tau mutant hamsters reared in constant dim red light

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-330

  Lucas, R J ^a,b   Stirland, J A ^a   Mohammad, Y N ^a   Loudon, A S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034027334     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1180327     Document Type: Article

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