Developmental competence and metabolism of bovine embryos cultured in semi-defined and defined culture media

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1345-1352

  Krisher, Rebecca L ^a,b   Lane, Michelle ^a   Bavister, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLYCOLYSIS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY FLUIDS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; MORULA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 0032970124     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.6.1345     Document Type: Article

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