Allocation of inner cell mass and trophectoderm cells to the preimplantation blastocyst of the domestic ferret, Mustela putorius furo

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-209

  Kidder, Jeffrey D ^a   Giles, James R ^a   Foote, Robert H ^a   Richmond, Milo E ^a   Salerno, Michelle ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Marshall Farms   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; FERRET; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FERRETS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; TROPHOBLASTS;

ANIMALIA; ILEX COOKII; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0033081360     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990201)283:2<202::AID-JEZ11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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