Assessing the effect of litter size on growth pattern and homeothermy acquisition in the pampas mice Akodon azarae (Rodentia, Muridae)

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-69

  Antinuchi, C Daniel ^a   Luna, Facundo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Akodon azarae; Body temperature; Gompertz; Growth; Homeothermy; Lineal; Logistic; Thermoregulation; von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRTH; BODY GROWTH; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOREGULATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURIDAE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AKODON; AKODON AZARAE; ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036767580     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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