The effect of methyl supplements during pregnancy on the phenotypic modification of offspring agouti coat color in rats

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-71

  Prasolova, L A ^a   Trut, L N ^a   Oskina, I N ^a   Gulevich, R G ^a   Plyusnina, I Z ^a   Vsevolodov, E B ^b   Latipov, I F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644642454     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795406010091     Document Type: Article

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