Noninvasive monitoring of follicle development, ovulation, and corpus luteum formation in the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus) by ultrasonography

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-113

  Oerke, A K ^a   Einspanier, A ^a   Hodges, J K ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cycle; Marmoset monkey; Ovulation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0002151487     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1996)39:2<99::aid-ajp2>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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