Uterine biology in pigs and sheep

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bazer, Fuller W ^a,b   Song, Gwonhwa ^b   Kim, Jinyoung ^b   Dunlap, Kathrin A ^a   Satterfield, Michael C ^a   Johnson, Gregory A ^a   Burghardt, Robert C ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genes; Growth factors; Interferon stimulated; Pregnancy; Pregnancy recognition; Uterus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890552937     PISSN: 16749782     EISSN: 20491891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-1891-3-23     Document Type: Review

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