Antral follicles confer developmental competence on oocytes

Zygote

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-293

  Moor, R M ^a   Lee, C ^a   Dai, Y F ^a   Fulka Jr , J ^b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030276031     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003269     Document Type: Article

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