Morphological features of epithelial cells in the sheep isthmus oviduct during early pregnancy

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 368-378

  Murray, Mary K ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

isthmus; morphology; oviduct; pregnancy; sheep

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HEIGHT; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY CELL; SHEEP; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CILIA; EPITHELIUM; ESTRUS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031039731     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199703)247:3<368::AID-AR8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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