Effect of glucocorticoids injected into pregnant female mice and rats on weight of male sexual glands in adult offspring and testosterone level in fetus is genotype-dependent.

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Injection of corticosterone into CBA/Lac, C57BL/6J and BALB/c mice, or hydrocortisone into aggressive and domesticated rats, on days 16 and 18 of pregnancy decreased the weight of sexual glands in adult male offspring of the C57BL/6J and domesticated mothers but increased these values in male offspring of the CBA/Lac and aggressive mothers. When injected into pregnant aggressive and domesticated rats,...

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