Nuclear transfer in cattle using in vivo-derived vs. in vitro-produced donor embryos: Effect of developmental stage

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-498

  Zakhartchenko, Valerie ^a   Reichenbach, Horst Dieter ^b   Riedl, Johannes ^a   Palma, Gustavo A ^a   Wolf, Eckhard ^c   Brem, Gottfried ^d  

^a Bayerisches Forschungszentrum F F   (Germany)

^b Bayerische Landesanstalt F T   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Embryo cloning; Embryo stage; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CLONE; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; INNER CELL MASS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CLONE CELLS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0029762775     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199608)44:4<493::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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