Fluctuating asymmetry in relation to single housing versus group housing in three inbred mouse strains

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-249

  Stub, Charlotte ^a   Ritskes Hoitinga, Merel ^b   Olsen, Aage Kristian ^c   Krohn, Thomas C ^a   Hansen, Axel Kornerup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HUMIDITY; INBRED STRAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12344279792     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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