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Morphology of preovulatory bovine follicles as related to oocyte maturation

F A de Loos1, M M Bevers, S J Dieleman

  • 1Department of Herd Health and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Yalelaan 7, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Theriogenology
|March 1, 1991
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