Exposure of bovine oocytes and embryos to elevated non-esterified fatty acid concentrations: integration of epigenetic and transcriptomic signatures in resultant blastocysts
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ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
SUBMITTER: Karolien Desmet
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-83768 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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