Cleavage in vivo and in vitro in the marsupial Macropus eugenii

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 725-742

  Renfree, Marilyn B ^a   Lewis, Andrew McD ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Blastomeres; Embryo culture; Polarity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; MUCIN;

BLASTOMERE; CELL POLARITY; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; MARSUPIAL; MEMBRANE; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVIDUCT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS; ZYGOTE;

DASYURIDAE; DIDELPHIS; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 0029801450     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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