Refine my results

Changing the light schedule in late pregnancy alters birth timing in mice

Amano, Tomoko ; Ripperger, Jürgen A. ; Albrecht, Urs

In: Theriogenology, 2020, vol. 154, p. 212–222

In rats, birth timing is affected by changes in the light schedule until the middle of the pregnancy period. This phenomenon can be used to control birth timing in the animal industry and/or clinical fields. However, changes in the light schedule until the middle of the pregnancy period can damage the fetus by affecting the development of the major organs. Thus, we compared birth timing in...