Genetic influences on the timing of puberty in mice.

doi:10.1095/biolreprod42.4.649

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Genetic influences on the timing of puberty in mice.

Biology of reproduction - 1 Apr 1990

Nelson J F, Karelus K, Felicio L S, Johnson T E

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Genetic influences on the timing of three pubertal events--vaginal opening, first vaginal cornification, and onset of cyclicity--were studied in C57BL/6J, DBA/2J, and C3H/HeJ mice and in two F1 hybrid strains (B6D2F1 and B6C3HF1). Marked genotypic differences were found. Among inbred strains, dif...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Body Weight
Estrus
Female
Genotype
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Sexual Maturation
Vagina

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