Morphometric Analysis of Yak Placentomes During Gestation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1873-1879

  Liu, Ben ^a   Cui, Yan ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Fan, Jiangfeng ^a   Zhao, Zhiwen ^a   Yu, Sijiu ^a  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gestation period; Morphometry; Placentome; Stereology; Yak

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; EMBRYONIC, FETAL AND PLACENTAL STRUCTURES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; YAK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

BOS GRUNNIENS;

EID: 78049465058     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21231     Document Type: Article

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