Novel aspects of endometrial function: A biological sensor of embryo quality and driver of pregnancy success

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-79

  Sandra, Olivier ^a,b   Mansouri Attia, Nad́ra ^c   Lea, Richard G ^d  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epigenetics; genomics; methylation; ruminants; somatic cloning; uterus

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO QUALITY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONS OF EMBRYONIC, FETAL AND PLACENTAL STRUCTURES; GAMETE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RUMINANTS;

EID: 83155193588     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11908     Document Type: Article

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