Exposure of bovine oocytes to EGF during maturation allows them to develop to blastocysts in a chemically-defined medium

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1127-1135

  Park, K W ^a   Iga, K ^a   Niwa, K ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine oocytes; EGF; IVC; IVF; IVM

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

EID: 0031426008     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00345-2     Document Type: Article

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