In vitro culture of peri-gastrulation embryos of a macropodid marsupial

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-191

  Hickford, Danielle ^a   Shaw, Geoff ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Embryogenesis; Gastrulation; Macropus eugenii; Organo genesis; Somitogenesis; Tammar wallaby

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; GASTRULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; PREGNANCY;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 38849161386     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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