Morphologic evaluation and actin filament distribution in porcine embryos produced in vitro and in vivo

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1020-1028

  Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Abeydeera, Lalantha R ^a   Han, Yong Mahn ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032982969     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.4.1020     Document Type: Article

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