Effect of follicle size and of the Fec(B) Booroola gene on oocyte function in sheep

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 379-386

  Cognie, Y ^a   Benoit, F ^a   Poulin, N ^a   Khatir, H ^a   Driancourt, M A ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR GENE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031747018     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1120379     Document Type: Article

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