Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 327-331 , March 2006

Preconceptional fasting of fathers alters serum glucose in offspring of mice

  • Lucy M. Anderson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +301-846-5600; fax: +301-846-5946.
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  • Lisa Riffle, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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  • Ralph Wilson, B.S., M.T.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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  • Gregory S. Travlos, D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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  • Mariusz S. Lubomirski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Data Management, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, USA
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  • W. Gregory Alvord, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Data Management, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, USA

Received 28 April 2005 ,Accepted 30 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.09.006

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 327-331 , March 2006

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