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In cockerels raised at high altitude and sea level, and with the sexual development of some repressed by stilbestrol treatment, it is possible to differentiate the erythropoietic effect of androgens and chronic hypoxia. The actions of these factors appear to be independent of each other, a particular level of androgen (indicated by gonad size) producing equal increments in the hematocrit, in either the presence or absence of hypoxia.
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