dc.contributor.author | Green, Mark P. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Spate, Lee D. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Parks, Tina E. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Kimura, Koji | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Murphy, Clifton N. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, James E. (James Edward), 1949- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Kerley, Monty Stephen, 1960- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Green, Jonathan A., 1969- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Keisler, Duane H. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Roberts, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1940- | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | eng |
dc.description | doi:10.1186/1477-7827-6-21 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Evolutionary theory suggests that in polygynous mammalian species females in better body condition should produce more sons than daughters. Few controlled studies have however tested this hypothesis and controversy exists as to whether body condition score or maternal diet is in fact the determining factor of
offspring sex. Here, we examined whether maternal diet, specifically increased n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid(PUFA) intake, of ewes with a constant body condition score around the time of conception influenced sex ratio. | eng |
dc.description.sponsorship | The research was supported by USDA/CSREES/NRI Grant 2001-35203-
10693 (to RMR) and a Life Sciences Molecular Biology Fellowship, University of Missouri (partial salary support for MPG). | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 6 (21), 2008. | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/8767 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | Animal Sciences publications (MU) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Division of Animal Sciences | eng |
dc.source | Harvested from: BioMed Central | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pregnancy -- Nutritional aspects | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Ewes -- Pregnancy | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Sex ratio | eng |
dc.title | Nutritional Skewing of Conceptus Sex in Sheep: Effects of a Maternal Diet Enriched in Rumen-Protected Polyunsaturated Fatty acids (PUFA) | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |