The effect of recipient oocyte volume on nuclear transfer in cattle

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-191

  Peura, T T ^a,b   Lewis, I M ^a   Trounson, A O ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cell fusion; Enucleation; In vitro

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; CELL FUSION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENUCLEATION; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031803894     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199806)50:2<185::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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