Developmental instability of ano-genital distance index: Implications for assessment of prenatal masculinization

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-573

  Dušek, Adam ^a,b   Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Sedláček, František ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ano genital distance; Developmental instability; Female; Growth allometry; Mouse; Prenatal masculinization

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MICE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956910200     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20463     Document Type: Article

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