Evidence that Meishan and Large-White hybrid preovulatory follicles may differentially affect oocyte in vitro maturation and fertilization

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-319

  Xu, X ^a   Faillace, L S ^b   Harding, R T ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^a   Hunter, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breed effects; Follicle characteristics; Oocyte maturation; Pig ovary

Indexed keywords

COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESTRADIOL; FERTILIZATION; HYBRID CELL; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; MATURATION; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLICULAR PHASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032577516     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(98)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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