Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2025-2036 , May 2009

Gene expression profiling during early folliculogenesis in the mouse ovary

Received 10 April 2007 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 5 February 2008.

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 Supported by the Department of Biotechnology, grant no. BT/PR 4008/Med/14/521/2003, India.

 S.J.D. has nothing to disclose. D.N.M. has nothing to disclose. T.D.N. has nothing to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.088

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Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2025-2036 , May 2009

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