Effect of different photoperiods on gonadal maintenance and development in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-239

  Karakaş, Alper ^a   Gündüz, Bülent ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body weight; Gerbil; Photoperiod; Pineal melatonin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GERBILLINAE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0036347901     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.233     Document Type: Article

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