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Type: | Thesis |
Title: | Seasonality of reproduction : environmental signals and the role of the pineal in signal transduction / by Rehema Mary White. |
Author: | White, Rehema Mary, 1965- |
Issue Date: | 1994 |
School/Discipline: | Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
Abstract: | Investigates the environmental control of seasonal reproduction and the role of the pineal in the transmission of multiple environmental signals to the reproductive axis. The principle species studied was the highly seasonal native Australian bush rat, Rattus fuscipes greyi. |
Dissertation Note: | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1994 |
Subject: | Mammals Reproduction Environmental aspects. Mammals Ecology. Rattus Australia Reproduction Climatic factors. Photoperiodism. Circadian rhythm. Pineal body Physiology. Pineal gland. |
Description: | Bibliography: leaves 168-187. viii, a-f, 187, [51] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. |
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