Maternal photoperiodic history affects offspring development in Syrian hamsters

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-455

  Beery, Annaliese K ^a,c   Paul, Matthew J ^b   Routman, David M ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c 3210 Tolman Hall #1650 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Day length; Gestation; Puberty; Rodent; Seasonality; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RODENT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PHOTOPERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 51849106197     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730408322985     Document Type: Article

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