Longevity in mice without a father

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 457-461

  Kawahara, Manabu ^a   Kono, Tomohiro ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Longevity; Mammal; Maternal genome; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MATING; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 74549226118     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep400     Document Type: Article

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