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Cross-fostering selectively bred High Runner mice affects adult body mass but not voluntary exercise.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Nov 2021
Cadney Marcell D, Schwartz Nicole E, McNamara Monica P, Schmill Margaret P, Castro Alberto A, Hillis David A, Garland Theodore
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While nursing, mammals progress through critical developmental periods for the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and central nervous systems. The suckling period in mammals is therefore especially vulnerable to environmental factors that may affect the "developmental programming" of many complex traits. As a result, various aspects of maternal behavior and physiology can influence offspring in ways that have...
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