Transcriptome analyses of bovine, porcine and equine endometrium during the pre-implantation phase

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 84-94

  Bauersachs, Stefan ^a   Wolf, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bos taurus; Equus caballus; Microarray; RNA Seq; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; MUS; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84866288194     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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