Seasonal pelage changes are synchronized by simulated natural photoperiods in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 475-482

  Butler, Matthew P ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; HAMSTER; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 69249171981     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.544     Document Type: Article

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