The anogenital distance index of mice (Mus musculus domesticus): An analysis

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 46-48

  Hotchkiss, Andrew K ^a   Vandenbergh, John G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE INDEX; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERUS HORN; VIRILIZATION; WEANING;

ANAL CANAL; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GENITALIA; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 22844445612     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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