Corona radiata density as a non-invasive marker of bovine cumulus- corona-oocyte complexes selected for in vitro embryo production

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 369-377

  Laurincik J ^a   Hyttel, P ^b   Baran, V ^c   Schmoll, F ^d   Niemann, H ^e   Brem, G ^d   Schellander, K ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Corona radiata; Cumulus oophorus; IVF; IVM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; COW; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030585793     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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