In vitro maturation and transmission electron microscopic observation of horse oocytes after vitrification

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-310

  Hochi, Shinichi ^a,b   Kozawa, Megumi ^a   Fujimoto, Takenori ^a   Hondo, Eiichi ^a   Yamada, Junzo ^a   Oguri, Norihiko ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; FICOLL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FICOLL; HORSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030160393     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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