The Common and Species-Specific Roles of Oviductal Proteins in Mammalian Fertilization and Embryo Development

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 973-984

  Coy, Pilar ^a   Yanagimachi, Ryuzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ARTs; embryo; epigenetics; fertilization; oviductal proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960906575     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv119     Document Type: Review

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