Use of a chemically defined system for the direct comparison of inner cell mass and trophectoderm distribution in murine, porcine and bovine embryos

Zygote

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-320

  De La Fuente, Rabindranath ^a   King, W Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Blastomere allocation; Ca2+ ionophore; Differential staining

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; SUIDAE;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; COLORING AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IONOPHORE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; STAINING; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COLORING AGENTS; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDOLES; IONOPHORES; KINETICS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROPIDIUM; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0031267536     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0967199400003890     Document Type: Article

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