Two high-fertility mouse lines show differences in component fertility traits after long-term selection

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 815-821

  Spitschak, Marion ^a   Langhammer, Martina ^a   Schneider, Falk ^a   Renne, Ulla ^a   Vanselow, Jens ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo; Fetal mortality rate; Litter size; Morula; Oestrous cycle

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETAL DEATH; LITTER SIZE; MICE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548396829     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07009     Document Type: Article

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