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Fecal corticosteroids in agouti and non-agouti deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology - 1 Jun 2002
Hayssen V, Harper J M, DeFina R
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Total and per gram fecal corticosteroid concentrations were determined for agouti and non-agouti deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis) over 24 h under normal caging conditions and after exposure to the stress of novel caging. Per gram corticosteroid concentrations, fecal output, and 24-h corticosteroid production were greater in stressed compared with unstressed deer mice of both color morphs, whereas...
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