Food resource allocation patterns in lactating females in a long-term selection experiment for litter size in mice

Food resource allocation patterns in lactating females in a long-term selection experiment for litter size in mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Resource allocation patterns, as quantified by residual food intake (<it>RFI</it>), and the consequences for offspring development were investigated during lactation in 96 females of a mouse line selected for 104 generations for high litter size at bi...

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Main Authors: Verstegen Martinus WA, Knap Pieter W, Rauw Wendy M, Luiting Petronella
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2002-01-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Subjects:
mice
litter size
lactation
resource allocation
residual food intake
Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/34/1/83

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