The relationship between nephron number, kidney size and body weight in two inbred mouse strains

Organogenesis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-194

  Murawski, Inga J ^a   Maina, Rita W ^a   Gupta, Indra R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

B6; Birth weight; C3H; Hypertrophy; Inbred; Kidney size; Mouse; Nephron number

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; C3H MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBRED STRAIN; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEPHRON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEPHRONS; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MUS;

EID: 77956413484     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.6.3.12125     Document Type: Article

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