Post-natal growth and development of simmental calves derived from in vivo or in vitro embryos

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 459-464

  McEvoy, T G ^a   Sinclair, K D ^a   Broadbent, P J ^a   Goodhand, K L ^a   Robinson, J J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart development; Oversize

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART WEIGHT; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; POSTNATAL GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MORULA; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032324481     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD98126     Document Type: Article

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