The effects of an ovine oviductal estrus-associated glycoprotein on early embryo development

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1367-1377

  Hill, J L ^a,c   Walker, S K ^b   Brown, G H ^a,b   Nancarrow, C D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo; Glycoprotein; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ESTRUS ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030320278     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00316-0     Document Type: Article

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