"Litter Size" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The number of offspring produced at one birth by a viviparous animal.
| Descriptor ID |
D008098
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.530 G08.686.784.769.498.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Litter Size- Litter Size
- Litter Sizes
- Size, Litter
- Sizes, Litter
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Litter Size" by people in Profiles.
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The identification of differentially expressed genes between extremes of placental efficiency in maternal line gilts on day 95 of gestation. BMC Genomics. 2019 Mar 29; 20(1):254.
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Factors contributing to the variation in placental efficiency on days 70, 90, and 110 of gestation in gilts. J Anim Sci. 2019 Jan 01; 97(1):359-373.
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Vitamin D-deficiency and sex-specific dysregulation of placental inflammation. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2018 03; 177:223-230.
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Alcohol plus cocaine prenatally is more deleterious than either drug alone. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1999 Nov-Dec; 21(6):673-8.
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Fertility maintenance and 5-fluorouracil timing within the mammalian fertility cycle. Reprod Toxicol. 1999 Sep-Oct; 13(5):413-20.
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Perinatal maternal ethanol effects on pregnant mice and on offspring viability and growth: influences of exposure time and weaning diet. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1995 Oct; 19(5):1351-8.
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Acute gestational cocaine exposure alone or in combination with low-dose ethanol does not influence prenatal mortality or fetal weight in mice. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1995 Sep-Oct; 17(5):577-81.
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Preliminary evidence for a cocaine-induced embryopathy in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1990 Apr; 103(2):228-37.
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Prenatal ethanol exposure in C57 mice: effects on pregnancy and offspring development. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1988 Mar-Apr; 10(2):175-80.
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Effect of indomethacin on alcohol-induced morphological anomalies in mice. Life Sci. 1987 Jul 20; 41(3):361-9.