Virtues and limitations of the preimplantation mouse embryo as a model system

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-16

  Taft, Robert A ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Embryo; Model; Mouse; Preimplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 36448947619     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.09.032     Document Type: Article

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