RNA Interference Evidence That Growth Differentiation Factor-9 Mediates Oocyte Regulation of Cumulus Expansion in Mice1
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology of Reproduction
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0006-3363,1529-7268
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033357