Short-term culture of ovine embryos modifies fetal myogenesis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 6 37-6, 1998, Pages

  Maxfield, E K ^a   Sinclair, K D ^b   Broadbent, P J ^b   McEvoy, T G ^b   Robinson, J J ^a   Maltin, C A ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Embryo transfer; Muscle; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0031859715     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.6.e1121     Document Type: Article

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