RELATION OF CERTAIN ENDOCRINE GLANDS TO BODY WEIGHT IN GROWING AND MATURE NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS1,2
- 1 October 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 33 (4) , 250-256
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-33-4-250
Abstract
The relative growth equation Y = aXb was used to relate the thyroid, adrenal and gonad wts. of 320 [male] and 362 [female] growing and mature New Zealand White Rabbits to their body wt. The equations were fitted to the data by the method of least squares. The exponents b of 0.88 for the thyroid and 0.94 for the adrenals of animals under 2500 g. indicate that the ratio of the wts. of these glands to body wt. decreases as body wt. increases. The exponent b for the adrenals of animals over 2500 g. of 1.78, ovaries of 2.04 and testes of 2.84 indicate that the ratio of the wts. of these glands to body wt. increases as body wt. increases.Keywords
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