Plasma 17β-estradiol levels and ovarian interstitial cell structure in embryonic Japanese quail

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 564-567

  Abdelnabi, M A ^a,b   Bakst, M R ^c   Woods, J E ^d   Ottinger, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Lab of Developmental Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Embryo; Female; Ovary; Quail

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COTURNIX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; OVARY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034167413     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.4.564     Document Type: Article

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