Journal article
Sexual segregation in the left and right horns of the gerbil uterus: “The male embryo is usually on the right, the female on the left” (Hippocrates)
Abstract
We examined reproductive tracts of 253 female Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) and recorded the uterine locations (relative to siblings of opposite sex) in which 812 male and 823 female fetuses were found. Within-litter comparisons revealed that sexes were not distributed randomly across uterine horns. The percentage of males in right horns (55.0%) was greater than the percentage of males in left horns (41.8%) and the percentage of …
Authors
Clark MM; Galef BG
Journal
Developmental Psychobiology, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 29–37
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 1990
DOI
10.1002/dev.420230104
ISSN
0012-1630