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Reproduction biotechnology

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Preferred term

photoperiod  

Entry terms

  • daylength

Note

  • It has been established that the photoperiod is the main environmental cue which controls the seasonal pattern of reproductive activity in sheep and goats. Under normal seasonal fluctuation of daylength, rams exhibit significant variation in their reproductive performance. Their period of low performance coincides with deep anoestrum in ewes. (Source : INRA)

Subject

  • Endocrinology and metabolism
  • Reproduction biology

preferred label (skos-xl)

In other languages

  • Information

    lexinfo:gender: feminine

    lexinfo:partOfSpeech: noun

    photopériode

    French

  • photophase

URI

https://opendata.inra.fr/BRMH/166

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