Graafian follicles are cooler than neighbouring ovarian tissues and deep rectal temperatures

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-100

  Hunter, R H F ^a   Grondahl C ^a   Greve, T ^a   Schmidt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Graafian follicles; Oocytes; Ovary; Pig; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LAPAROTOMY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; STROMA; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031051504     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.1.95     Document Type: Article

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