Reflections on the culture of the preimplantation embryo

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 879-884

  Biggers, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Concentration response surfaces; Embryo culture; KSOM; Media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031771321     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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