Defining the requirements for bovine embryo culture

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-40

  Thompson, Jeremy G ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0002214410     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00352-9     Document Type: Article

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