Developmental changes in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) exposed to different gestational and postnatal photoperiods

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Shaw, Donald ^a   Goldman, Bruce D ^b  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Pelage; Photoperiods; Prolactin; Puberty; Siberian hamster; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PROGENY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUMMER; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS;

EID: 34447118978     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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