Intrauterine position as a predictor of postnatal growth and survival in the rabbit

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-106

  Bautista, Amando ^a   Rödel, Heiko G ^b   Monclús, Raquel ^b,c   Juárez Romero, Margarita ^a   Cruz Sánchez, Eliseo ^d   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a   Hudson, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body mass; Early development; Individual differences; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; SIBLING; SURVIVAL; UTERUS; UTERUS HORN; WEANING; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH ORDER; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS; WEANING;

EID: 84909594866     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.028     Document Type: Article

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