Delayed implantation in giant pandas: The first comprehensive empirical evidence

Reproduction

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 979-986

  Zhang, Hemin ^a   Li, Desheng ^a   Wang, Chendong ^a   Hull, Vanessa ^b  

^a China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda CCRCGP   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AILUROPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION, DELAYED; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 72949090620     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0241     Document Type: Article

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