"[A]re Norway rats ... Things?"*: Diversity versus generality in the use of albino rats in experiments on development and sexuality

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-314

  Logan, Cheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Developmental biology; Endocrinology; Eugen Steinach; Hans Przibram; Henry Donaldson; Standard animals; Wistar Institute

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HISTORY; RAT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RATS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034840263     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010398116188     Document Type: Review

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