Relationship between urinary estrogen levels before conception and sex ratio at birth in a primate, the gray mouse lemur

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1504-1510

  Perret, Martine ^a  

^a CNRS MNHN   (France)

Author keywords

Body condition; Estrus cycle; Maternal hormones; Sex ratios; Sperm selection

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MATING; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SEX RATIO;

MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 20744435027     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh802     Document Type: Article

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