Follicle-oocyte atresia and temporal taphonomy in cold-stored domestic cat ovaries

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-200

  Wood, Thomas C ^a,b   Montali, Richard J ^a   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atresia; cat; egg; follicle; IVM; oocyte; taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; OOCYTES; OVARY;

EID: 0031037473     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199702)46:2<190::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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