Histomorphometry of dominant and subordinate bovine ovarian follicles

Anatomical Record

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-70

  Singh, Jaswant ^a   Adams, Gregg P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle ovary; Histology; Morphology; Morphometry; Ovarian follicles; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIECTOMY; STROMAL CELLS; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0033988081     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000101)258:1<58::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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