Implantation in the nine-banded armadillo: How does a single blastocyst form four embryos?

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-85

  Enders, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC; ANIMAL; BREEDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036357006     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2001.0753     Document Type: Article

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