Changes of weight and size of European bison testes during postnatal development

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-126

  Krasińska, Małgorzata ^a   Gizejewski, Zygmunt ^b   Czykier, Elzbieta ^c   Krasiński, Zbigniew A ^d   Matuszewska, Magdalena ^a,e  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d NONE   (Poland)

^e WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asymmetry and hypoplasia of testes; Bison bonasus; Cryptorchidism; Weight and size of a testis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; FOREST; MORPHOMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; UNGULATE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BONASUS;

EID: 67049134277     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03193167     Document Type: Article

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