Cyclical changes in epithelial cells of the vaginal cul-de-sac of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-321

  Crawford, J L ^a,b   Mcleod, B J ^a,b   Hurst, Peter R ^b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Epithelial cells; Estrous cycle; Stereology; Vaginal cul de sac

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEREOMETRY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; ORGANELLES; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 0033104942     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990301)254:3<307::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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