Rabbit as a reproductive model for human health

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Fischer, Bernd ^a   Chavatte Palmer, Pascale ^b,c,d   Viebahn, Christoph ^e   Santos, AnneNavarrete ^a   Duranthon, Veronique ^b,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d PremUp Foundation   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULATION; GERM LAYER; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONTOGENY; PLACENTA; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULATION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBESITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84863200299     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0091     Document Type: Review

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