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Descriptor English: Clutch Size
Descriptor Spanish: Tamaño de la Nidada
Descriptor tamaño de la nidada
Scope note: Número de crías nacidas de una nidada de animales ovíparos u ovovivíparos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tamanho da Ninhada
Descriptor French: Taille de la ponte
Entry term(s): Clutch Sizes
Size, Clutch
Sizes, Clutch
Tree number(s): G08.686.160
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D052284
Scope note: The number of offspring produced at one birth by an oviparous or ovoviviparous animal.
Annotation: oviparous or ovoviviparous animals only; for viviparous animals use LITTER SIZE
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Related: Oviparity MeSH
Oviposition MeSH
Ovoviviparity MeSH
DeCS ID: 51248
Unique ID: D052284
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Clutch Size - Preferred
Concept UI M0484032
Scope note The number of offspring produced at one birth by an oviparous or ovoviviparous animal.
Preferred term Clutch Size
Entry term(s) Clutch Sizes
Size, Clutch
Sizes, Clutch



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