Body weight and tail length divergence in mice selected for rate of development

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-164

  Rhees, Brian K ^a,b   Atchley, William R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; TAIL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MICE; SELECTION (GENETICS); TAIL; VARIATION (GENETICS); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034663602     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20000815)288:2<151::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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