Effects of amino acids on development in vitro of cleavage-stage bovine embryos into blastocysts

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 835-841

  Bavistei, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst development; In vitro fertilization (IVF); In vitro maturation (IVM); Protein free medium; Two step embryo culture

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0029822693     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960835     Document Type: Article

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