Secretion of inhibin A and follicular dynamics throughout the estrous cycle in the sheep with and without the Booroola gene (Fec(B))

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5333-5340

  Souza, C J H ^a   Campbell, B K ^a   Webb, R ^b,c   Baird, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0030723688     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.12.5627     Document Type: Article

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