COMMUNAL NURSING IN MICE - INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE MOTHERS ON GROWTH OF YOUNG

被引:69
作者
SAYLER, A
SALMON, M
机构
[1] Department of Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana
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10.1126/science.164.3885.1309
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Female mice will combine their litters into a communal nest. The young raised in a communal nest show faster rates of growth during the first 20 days than young raised by single females, even when the ratio of mothers to young is the same.
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