Successful embryo transfer in a small dasyurid marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1075-1080

  Breed, W G ^a   Leigh, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dasyurid; Embryo transfer; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

DASYURIDAE; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 9344222257     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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