Effect of group vs. single housing on phenotypic variance in C57BL/6J mice

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 412-415

  Nagy, Tim R ^a   Krzywanski, David ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Meleth, Sreelatha ^a   Damond, Renee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body mass; Environmental effects; Genotype; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; C57BL MOUSE; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RETROPERITONEUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS;

EID: 0036581384     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.57     Document Type: Article

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