Effect of ageing on hormone secretion and follicular dynamics in sheep with and without the booroola gene

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2858-2864

  Gonzalez Bulnes, Antonio ^a,b   Souza, Carlos J H ^b,d   Campbell, Bruce K ^c   Baird, David T ^c  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN A;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOOROOLA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HORMONES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROTEINS; SHEEP;

EID: 2542482659     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1722     Document Type: Article

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