Morphological classification of bovine ovarian follicles

Reproduction

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-318

  Rodgers, R J ^a   Irving Rodgers, H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; COMPREHENSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COW; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATTLE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GRANULOSA CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

BOVINAE;

EID: 75149146671     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0177     Document Type: Review

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