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The nucleolar and extranucleolar RNA synthesis was studied in the mink blastocysts at different stages of embryonic diapause and during the periimplantation period using cytoradioautography. The data obtained suggest a differential and stage specific activity of the embryonic mRNA and rRNA synthesis during the period of delayed implantation.
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Isakova, G.K., Zakharenko, L.P. & Abramova, M.P. Activity of Embryonic Mink Genome during Diapause (Cytogenetic Analysis): Nucleolar and Extranucleolar RNA Synthesis. Russian Journal of Developmental Biology 32, 248–253 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016723319919
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