Intrauterine position effects on anogenital distance and digit ratio in male and female mice

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-18

  Hurd, Peter L ^a   Bailey, Allison A ^a   Gongal, Patricia A ^a   Yan, Reginia H ^a   Greer, John J ^a   Pagliardini, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Anogenital distance; Digit ratio; Intrauterine position; Masculinization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; APE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUP (RODENT); SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 38349134214     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9259-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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