Pregnancy in a marsupial, the Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Rose, R W ^a   Horak, J A A ^a   Shetewi, A D ^a   Jones, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO GROWTH; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MARSUPIALIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROESTRUS; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; THYLOGALE BILLARDIERII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033508939     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD99058     Document Type: Article

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