Effects of photoperiod and food availability on growth, leptin, sexual maturation and maintenance in the Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-670

  Karakaş, Alper ^a   Çamsari, Çaǧri ^a   Serin, Erdinç ^a   Gündüz, Bülent ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food intake; Gerbil; Leptin; Photoperiod; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GERBILLINAE; LEPTIN; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 22544449578     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.665     Document Type: Article

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