Abstract
As part of a study on the reproductive organs of the female sheep, histological and histochemical investigations were undertaken on the oviducts of thirty ewes to determine whether the epithelial cells exhibited secretory activity and, if so, to establish the nature of the secretion.
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HADEK, R. Mucin Secretion in the Ewe's Oviduct. Nature 171, 750 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171750a0
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