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Different lots of bovine serum albumin inhibit or stimulate in vitro development of hamster embryos

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McKiernan, S.H., Bavister, B.D. Different lots of bovine serum albumin inhibit or stimulate in vitro development of hamster embryos. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 28, 154–156 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631084

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