In vitro maturation and fertilization of bovine oocytes

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 613-622

  Shamsuddin, M ^a   Niwa, K ^b   Larsson, B ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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