Article
Effects of H-2 and vitamin A on micrognathia in congenic mice.
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Jul 1992
Tyan M L
Abstract excerpt
Pregnant mice congenic with C57BL/10 (B10.A, B10.BR, B10.D2, B10.A(2R), B10.A(5R), B10.A(15R), B10.A(1R), B10.A(18R), and B10.OL) were fed Purina Mouse Chow or the same diet plus 200 IU of vitamin A daily. The pregnant dams were sacrificed on the eighteenth day of gestation, and the fetuses were sexed and examined for defects in mandibular development. On average, micrognathia occurred five times more frequently...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Diet
- Female
- H-2 Antigens
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Micrognathism
- Pregnancy
- Sex Characteristics
- Vitamin A