DNA ploidy abnormalities in rabbit preimplantation embryos are not increased by conditions associated with in vitro culture

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-34

  Schumacher, Armin ^a,b   Kesdogan, Jadigar ^a,c   Fischer, Bernd ^a,d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bardenberg   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA ploidy; In vitro culture; Preimplantation embryo; Temperature; Visible light

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; DNA CONTENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031965928     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199805)50:1<30::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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