Development of transferred xenogeneic vole embryos in mouse uteri

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-267

  Widayati, Diah Tri ^a,b   Ohmori, Yasushige ^a   Wakita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukuta, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Experimental model; Granulated metrial gland cells; Interspecific pregnancy; Vole; Xenogeneic embryo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0042287022     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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