Effects of diets enriched in omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on offspring sex-ratio and maternal behavior in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-217

  Fountain, Emily D ^a   Mao, Jiude ^a   Whyte, Jeffrey J ^a   Mueller, Kelly E ^a   Ellersieck, Mark R ^a   Will, Matthew J ^a   Roberts, R Michael ^a,b   MacDonald, Ruth ^c   Rosenfeld, Cheryl S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior; Elevated plus maze; Mouse; Nutrition; Open field maze; Parturition; Pregnancy; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; MENHADEN OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

MURINAE; MUS; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38549169998     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.065003     Document Type: Article

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