The short-tailed fruit bat Carollia perspicillata: A model for studies in reproduction and development

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Rasweiler IV, John J ^a   Cretekos, Chris J ^b   Behringer, Richard R ^c  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; GENETIC CROSS; MATING; MENSTRUATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 65749087435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.emo118     Document Type: Article

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