Successful development in vitro of hamster 8-cell embryos to 'zona-escaped' and attached blastocysts: Assessment of quality and trophoblast outgrowth

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 413-420

  Mishra, Archana ^a   Seshagiri, P B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Attachment; Blastocyst development; Hamster; Hatching; Zona lysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHOLINE; INOSITOL; PANTOTHENIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HAMSTER; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; SERUM; SUPPLEMENTATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MESOCRICETUS; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032453588     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD98100     Document Type: Article

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