The use of neural networks in developing novel embryo culture media-formulations

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-49

  Wilkinson, Richard F ^a   Ming, Rujing ^a   Anderson, Bret ^a   Bunch, Thomas D ^a   White, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0342870566     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00353-A     Document Type: Article

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