FSH and growth factors affect the growth and endocrine function in vitro of granulosa cells of bovine preantral follicles

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 817-832

  Wandji, S A ^a   Eppig, J J ^b   Fortune, I E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; FSH; Growth factors; Preantral follicles; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0039209700     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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