Relationship between the appearance of preantral follicles in the fetal ovary of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) and hormone concentrations in the fetal heart, umbilical cord and maternal blood

Zygote

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-132

  Muranishi, Yuki ^a   Sasaki, Motoki ^a   Hayashi, Kengo ^a   Abe, Norihito ^a   Fujihira, Takuma ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^b   Ohsumi, Seiji ^b   Miyamoto, Aiko ^a   Fukui, Yutaka ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Minke whale; Preantral follicle; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD; WHALE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HEART; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA;

EID: 4544245755     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199404002655     Document Type: Article

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