Ultrastructure of bovine in vitro-produced blastocysts cryopreserved by vitrification

Zygote

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Ohboshi, Shigeki ^a   Fujihara, Noboru ^b   Yoshida, Tatsuyuki ^a   Tomagane, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Bovine; IVF; Ultrastructure; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031990332     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400005049     Document Type: Article

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