Placental microstructure and efficiency in cloned bovines: A design-based stereological approach

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Ribeiro, Antonio Augusto Coppi Maciel ^a   De Oliveira Lacerda, Procássia Maria ^a   Pereira De Melo, Mariana ^a   De Carvalho Balieiro, Júlio César ^a   De Souza, Romeu Rodrigues ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO JUDAS TADEU UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bovine; Clones; Fetus; Placenta; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONING; COW; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHORIONIC VILLI; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 45649083397     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0626-4     Document Type: Article

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