Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 335-346 , October 2007

Neonatal porcine endometrial development and epithelial proliferation affected by age and exposure to estrogen and relaxin

  • Regina A. Masters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Program, Auburn University, AL 36849-5415, United States
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  • Bethany D. Crean

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Program, Auburn University, AL 36849-5415, United States
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  • Wenbo Yan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
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  • Anthony G. Moss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Program, Auburn University, AL 36849-5415, United States
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  • Peter L. Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States
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  • Anne A. Wiley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Program, Auburn University, AL 36849-5415, United States
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  • Carol A. Bagnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
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  • Frank F. Bartol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Program, Auburn University, AL 36849-5415, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 334 844 1506; fax: +1 334 844 1519.

Received 16 June 2006 ,Revised 12 July 2006 ,Accepted 17 July 2006.

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PII: S0739-7240(06)00123-8

doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2006.07.002

Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 335-346 , October 2007

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