Effect of chilling bovine oocytes on their developmental competence

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-512

  Martino, Alex ^a,c   Pollard, John W ^a,b   Leibo, S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine; Chilling; Cold shock; Cryopreservation; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLD; FEMALE; FREEZING; OOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029857113     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<503::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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