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[Genotype-related changes in the reproductive function under social hierarchy in laboratory male mice].
Zhurnal vysshei nervnoi deiatelnosti imeni I P Pavlova - 1 Jan 2000
Osadchuk L V, Salomacheva I N, Osadchuk A V
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The study was designed to investigate genetic differences in reproductive consequences of social hierarchy using inbred mice strains BALB/cLac, PT and CBA/Lac. Two adult males of different genotypes were housed together for 5 days. Hierarchical status of both partners was determined by asymmetry in agonistic behavior. The number of epididymal sperm and a proportion of abnormal sperm, weights of reproductive...
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