Comparative studies of conceptus-endometrial interactions in Large White x Landrace and Meishan gilts

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-225

  Ashworth, C J ^a   Pickard, A R ^a,b   Miller, S J ^a   Flint, A P F ^b,d   Diehl, J R ^c  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; UTERUS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETUS; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030851357     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96040     Document Type: Article

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