Morphological changes of in-vitro-produced bovine blastocysts after vitrification, in-straw direct rehydration, and culture

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-17

  Vajta, G ^a   Hyttel, P ^b   Callesen, H ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Electron microscopy; Embryo; Ultrastructure; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEAT; REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030745854     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199709)48:1<9::AID-MRD2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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