Hair Color, Molt, and Testis Size in Male Short-Tailed Weasels Treated with Melatonin

    August 1969 in “ Science ”
    C Rust, Roland K. Meyer
    Studysummary This study found that melatonin implants caused male weasels to molt, develop a new white winter coat, and become reproductively inactive, suggesting melatonin affects their neuroendocrine system.
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    1. Hormonal Control of Pelage Cycles in the Short-Tailed Weasel (Mustela Erminea Bangsi) General and Comparative Endocrinology · 1965