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THE INFLUENCE OF THE QUANTITY OF NUTRITION UPON THE GROWTH OF THE SUCKLING MOUSE
E C Macdowell1, W H Gates, C G Macdowell
1Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
The Journal of General Physiology
|October 30, 2009
Abstract:
Under usual conditions, the growth of the suckling mouse is limited by the quantity of mother's milk available. As this limitation is removed the growth curve approaches a parabola, which is abruptly interrupted at the end of the second week, when the natural process of weaning begins.
