Sex-related differences in the developmental rate of in-vitro matured/in-vitro fertilized ovine embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 621-626

  Bernardi, M L ^a   Delouis, C ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Sex ratio; Sheep embryo; XX XY difference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SHEEP;

EID: 0029965265     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.3.621     Document Type: Article

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