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Effects of Light Intensity, Wavelength and Quanta on Gonads and Spleen of the Deer Mouse

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LIGHT affects the activity of several endocrine organs of higher vertebrates. In birds the phenomenon usually requires a sufficiently long photoperiod, in some cases the response is intensity-dependent, and in others wavelength appears to be a key factor1–3. The gonads of birds maintained in red light weighed more than those of birds kept in blue or green light of the same intensity4–11. Not only the pituitary-gonadal axis, but also the adrenal cortex12, thyroid13 and pineal14 of birds are affected by the photoenvironment.

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VRIEND, J., LAUBER, J. Effects of Light Intensity, Wavelength and Quanta on Gonads and Spleen of the Deer Mouse. Nature 244, 37–38 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244037a0

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