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Agouti locus may influence reproduction under food deprivation in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris).
The Journal of experimental zoology - 1 May 1999
Bazhan N M, Yakovleva T V, Makarova E N
Abstract excerpt
The effect of 16-hr food deprivation on day 3 and again on day 5 of pregnancy on the fecundity of female water voles homozygous (ae/ae) or heterozygous (A/ae) for, an allele at the Agouti (A) locus, non agouti extreme (ae) was studied. 63 A/ae females (mated to ae/ae males) produced 115 food-deprived and 115 control pregnancies, and 52 ae/ae females (mated to A/ae males) produced 55 food-deprived and 57 control...
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