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FOLLOWING the interesting communication by Hertz1 on the decreased growth response of the oviduct to œstrogens in chicks fed on a purified diet without folic acid intake, many reports have appeared lately showing that, in the animals studied, either folic-acid deficiency2,3 or treatment with ‘Aminopterin’4–7 were able to interfere with the growth response to œstrogens of the female genital tract.
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TRAINA, V. Effects of ‘Aminopterin’ on the Male Sex Organs of the Guinea Pig. Nature 166, 310 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166310b0
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