Christina Schmidt's paper 'Calcium availability influences litter size and sex ratio in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)' has been accepted for publication in PLoS One.
Amy Skibiel's paper on 'Milk composition in a hibernating rodent, the Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)' has been accepted for publication at Journal of Mammalogy.
Dr Hood's paper 'A Test of Bone Mobilization Relative to Reproductive Demand: Skeletal Quality Is Improved in Cannibalistic Females with Large Litters' has just been published in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.
Dr Hood will be presenting at the Comparative Nutrition Society meeting in Monterey, CA in July.
The Hood lab has weaned another PhD - Dr Skibiel congrats on an awesome job!
Please join us for Amy Skibiel's PhD defense - Monday, June 11, 10 AM, Funches 246.
Mouse world is complete and our mice have arrived from the Pott's lab! We're excited to see this project finally getting started.