Advancing laboratory-based zoo research to enhance captive breeding of southern white rhinoceros
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Issue Date
2018Author
Tubbs, Christopher W.Editor
Minteer, Ben A.Maienschein, Jane
Collins, James P.
Book title
The Ark and BeyondSeries
Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological LaboratoryBegin page
279End page
285
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The captive southern white rhinoceros (SWR) is not currently self-sustaining because of low fertility of captive-born females. The cause of this phenomenon is believed to be high dietary levels of phytoestrogens; endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) produced by plants that can mimic the reproductive hormone estrogen....Type
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