Changes in the oviducal epithelium during the estrous cycle in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-517

  Kress, Annetrudi ^a   Morson, Gianni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Estrous cycle; Marsupial; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; KINETOSOME; METESTRUS; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OVARY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MONODELPHIS; SECRETORY VESICLES;

METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 34648817199     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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