Refining timed pregnancies in two strains of genetically engineered mice

Lab Animal

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Mader, Sarah L ^a   Libal, Nicole L ^a   Pritchett Corning, Kathleen ^b   Yang, Rui ^a   Murphy, Stephanie J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 69249133827     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0909-305     Document Type: Article

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