Post-implantation development of demi-embryos and induction of decidual cell reaction in mice

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1187-1200

  Hishinuma, M ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Kanagawa, H ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisection; Decidual cell reaction; Embryo; In vivo development; Mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007365241     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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