Quiet please, do not disturb: A hypothesis of embryo metabolism and viability

BioEssays

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 845-849

  Leese, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036714938     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10137     Document Type: Review

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