Blastocyst development and conceptus sex selection in red deer Cervus elaphus: Studies of a free-living population on the Isle of Rum

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 374-383

  Flint, A P F ^b   Albon, S D ^a   Jafar, S I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DEER; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0031172635     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6879     Document Type: Article

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