In vitro production of cattle blastocysts in chemically defined medium with or without insulin supplementation

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 509-514

  Bredbacka, Kristiina ^a   Bredbacka, Peter ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cell number; Embryo culture; Hoechst 33258; Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030327798     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72762     Document Type: Article

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