Timing of compaction and inner cell allocation in bovine embryos produced in vivo after superovulation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1041-1049

  Van Soom, Ann ^a   Boerjan, Marleen L ^b   Bols, Peter E J ^a   Vanroose, Geert ^a   Lein, Ann ^a   Coryn, Marc ^a   De Kruif, Aart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULA; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; INNER CELL MASS; MORPHOGENESIS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; COLORING AGENTS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANCY; SUPEROVULATION; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0030730869     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.5.1041     Document Type: Article

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