Uterine morphology during diapause and early pregnancy in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 459-472

  Laird, Melanie K ^a   Hearn, Cyrma M ^b   Shaw, Geoff ^b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

diapause; endometrium; tammar; transmission electron microscopy; uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; DIAPAUSE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION (PROCESS); SECRETORY VESICLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERINE TISSUE; UTERUS;

EID: 84983001405     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12483     Document Type: Article

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