Pattern and Density of Vascularization in Mammalian Testes, Ovaries, and Ovotestes

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 318, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-181

  Lupiáñez, Darío G ^a   Real, Francisca M ^a,b   Dadhich, Rajesh K ^a   Carmona, Francisco D ^a,c   Burgos, Miguel ^a   Barrionuevo, Francisco J ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; OVARY; TESTIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; NEMATODA; TALPA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84860460762     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22000     Document Type: Article

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