Regional and cyclic variations in the ultrastructural features of secretory cells in the oviductal epithelium of the Chinese Meishan pig

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-298

  Abe, H ^a   Hoshi, H ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research Institute for the Functional Peptides   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HISTOLOGY; LUTEAL PHASE; OVIDUCT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; LUTEAL PHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVIDUCTS; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 34248512337     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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