The uterine environment in early pregnancy in the tammar wallaby

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 811-818

  Shaw, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Diapause; Embryo metabolism; Ions; Oestradiol; PAF; Progesterone; Uterine secretions

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; PROGESTERONE; RNA; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MARSUPIAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; UTERUS;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 0029798933     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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