Maturation in vitro of pig oocytes in protein-free culture media: Fertilization and subsequent embryo development in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1316-1320

  Abeydeera, Lalantha R ^a   Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CAFFEINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; PROTEINS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; POTATO VIRUS A; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031977940     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.5.1316     Document Type: Article

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