THE INFLUENCE OF THE QUANTITY OF NUTRITION UPON THE GROWTH OF THE SUCKLING MOUSE.
Under usual conditions, the growth of the suckling mouse is limited by the quantity of mother's milk available. As this limitation is removed the growth curve approaches a parabola, which is abruptly interrupted at the end of the second week, when the natural process of weaning begins.
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Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
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