Relationships between uterine and fetal traits in rabbits selected on uterine capacity

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1265-1273

  Argente, M J ^a,c   Santacreu, M A ^b   Climent, A ^b   Blasco, A ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood Vessels; Fetal Development; Fetus; Placenta; Rabbits; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RABBIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RABBITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); UTERUS;

EID: 0642376790     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8151265x     Document Type: Article

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