Rendez-vous in the oviduct: implications for superovulation and embryo transfer

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Issue		Reprod. Nutr. Dev. Volume 41, Number 5, September-October 2001


Page(s)		451 - 459
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2001144

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