Changes in requirements and utilization of nutrients during mammalian preimplantation embryo development and their significance in embryo culture

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-102

  Gardner, David K ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Metabolism; Viability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLASTOCYST; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MAMMALS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031943850     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00404-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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