Xenotransplantation in immunodeficient mice to study ovarian follicular development in domestic animals

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 740-747

  Bols, P E J ^a   Aerts, J M J ^b   Langbeen, A ^a   Goovaerts, I G F ^a   Leroy, J L M R ^a  

^a Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Pharmaceutical Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal reproductive models; Fertility preservation; Follicular development; Primordial and primary follicles; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; CATTLE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUDE MOUSE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MUS;

EID: 77649186395     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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