Sex- and age related differences in tooth row length of small mammals: Mice

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 54-65

  Balčiauskienė, Laima ^a   Balčiauskas, Linas ^a   Mažeikytė, Janina Reda ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Birch mouse; Body weight and length; Mice; Sex and age related differences; Tooth row length

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011228678     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13921657.2004.10512592     Document Type: Article

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