Open AccessThe Action of Hanson’s Thymus Extract on the Mouse
Author(s) -
M. Lafon
Publication year - 1936
Publication title -
journal of experimental biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.367
H-Index - 185
eISSN - 1477-9145
pISSN - 0022-0949
DOI - 10.1242/jeb.13.2.140
Subject(s) - biology , vagina , endocrinology , pregnancy , period (music) , medicine , inbred strain , sexual differentiation , hair growth , physiology , andrology , anatomy , genetics , physics , gene , acoustics
1. The injection of an acid extract of the thymus gland to mice accelerated the descent of the testes by 18 days and the opening of the vagina by 22 days. 2. No effect on growth was observed, nor was the effect on maturity transmitted to the uninjected progeny of injected individuals.
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