Cryobiology of non-human primate oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-165

  Younis, A I ^a,d   Toner, M ^a,b   Albertini, D F ^c   Biggers, J D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryomicroscopy; Cynomolgus oocytes; Freezing; Morphology; Rhesus

Indexed keywords

EGTAZIC ACID; F ACTIN; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; GERMINAL VESICLE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METAPHASE; MICROFILAMENT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CORTEX; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIMATE; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030028154     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019010     Document Type: Article

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