Effects of the Booroola Fec gene on ovarian follicular populations in superovulated Romanov ewes pretreated with a GnRH antagonist

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Dufour, J J ^a   Cognie Y ^b   Mermillod, P ^b   Mariana, J C ^b   Romain, R F ^c  

^a Lab de Phys Atom Moléc   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TEVERELIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033953830     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1180085     Document Type: Article

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