In vitro development and nutrient uptake by embryos derived from oocytes of pre-pubertal and adult cows

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-56

  Steeves, Tracey E ^a   Gardner, D K ^a,c   Zuelke, K A ^b   Squires, T S ^b   Fry, R C ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Calves; Fertilization; Glucose; Pyruvate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OOCYTE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE; OOCYTES; PUBERTY; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032838883     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199909)54:1<49::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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