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Environmental Modification of Œstrus in the Vole

Nature volume 179, pages 592–593 (1957)Cite this article

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THE reproductive processes of the field vole, Microtus agrestis, have previously been investigated by Brambell and Hall1. Their material was obtained from animals caught in the wild and they concluded that the vole was polyœstrous and exhibited spontaneous ovulation.

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  1. Brambell, F. W. R., and Hall, K., Proc. Zool. Soc., 109, 133 (1939).

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  1. Bureau of Animal Population, Botanic Garden, High Street, Oxford

    HELEN CHITTY

  2. Division of Experimental Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, N.W.7

    C. R. AUSTIN

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CHITTY, H., AUSTIN, C. Environmental Modification of Œstrus in the Vole. Nature 179, 592–593 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179592a0

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