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Responses to lactation and cold exposure by deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).
Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ - 1 Jan 2000
Hammond K A, Kristan D M
Abstract excerpt
Recently, much interest has been expressed in understanding how animals use phenotypic plasticity of tissue size and function to meet increased metabolic demands. We set out to learn (i) whether female deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) given lactation (two to seven pups per litter), cold (5 degr...
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