A morphological study of blastocyst hatching in the mouse and rat

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 295-302

  Niimura, Sueo ^a   Fujii, Masayo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst hatching; Mouse; Rat; Time lapse videomicrography; Trypsin like proteinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249147566     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.43.295     Document Type: Article

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