Progesterone concentration in the marsupial Sminthopsis macroura: Relationship with the conceptus, uterine glandularregeneration and body weight

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-117

  Menkhorst, E M ^a   Hinds, L A ^b   Selwood, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; MARSUPIAL; MITOSIS RATE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LUTEAL PHASE; MARSUPIALIA; MITOTIC INDEX; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; DASYURIDAE; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA;

EID: 65949101864     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0030     Document Type: Article

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