Progression of trophoblast into the endometrium during implantation in the western spotted skunk

Anatomical Record

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-315

  Enders, Allen C ^a   Mead, Rodney A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Endometrium; Implantation; Placenta; Trophoblast; Western spotted skunk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MEPHITIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0030069815     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199603)244:3<297::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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