Estimates of mouse oviductal fluid tonicity based on osmotic responses of embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1188-1193

  Collins, Jennifer L ^a   Baltz, Jay M ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032916325     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.5.1188     Document Type: Article

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