Mapping genes that control hormone-induced ovulation rate in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 857-872

  Spearow, Jimmy L ^a   Nutson, Peter A ^a,b   Mailliard, William S ^a,c   Porter, Mark ^a,d   Barkley, Marylynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONADOTROPINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVULATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032880946     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.4.857     Document Type: Article

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