Placentation in cloned cattle: Structure and microvascular architecture

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 604-617

  Miglino, M A ^a   Pereira, F T V ^b   Visintin, J A ^a   Garcia, J M ^b   Meirelles, F V ^a   Rumpf, R ^c   Ambrosio C E ^a   Papa, P C ^a   Santos, T C ^a   Carvalho, A F ^d   Leiser, R ^e   Carter, A M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d Centro Universitario   (Brazil)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cloning; Fetal membranes; Microvasculature; Nucleus transfer; Placentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

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EID: 34447645294     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.04.060     Document Type: Article

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