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Sex differences in diurnal rhythms of food intake in mice caused by gonadal hormones and complement of sex chromosomes.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Sept 2015
Chen Xuqi, Wang Lixin, Loh Dawn H, Colwell Christopher S, Taché Yvette, Reue Karen, Arnold Arthur P
Abstract excerpt
We measured diurnal rhythms of food intake, as well as body weight and composition, while varying three major classes of sex-biasing factors: activational and organizational effects of gonadal hormones, and sex chromosome complement (SCC). Four Core Genotypes (FCG) mice, comprising XX and XY gonadal males and XX and XY gonadal females, were either gonad-intact or gonadectomized (GDX) as adults (2.5months); food...
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