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Concept information

Preferred term

male effect

Type

  • Topic

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Scope note

  • Use for the effect of exposure to male animals on female animals, usually young or postpartum, to initiate estrous cycle; For the influence of the father's phenotype or genotype on the phenotype of its offspring USE paternal effect.

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39783

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