Culture of preantral ovarian follicles in the grey, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 535-539

  Butcher, Liza ^a,b   Ullmann, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0029849115     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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