Development during single IVP of bovine oocytes from dissected follicles: Interactive effects of estrous cycle stage, follicle size and atresia

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 451-458

  Hagemann, Lora J ^a   Beaumont, Susan E ^a   Berg, Martin ^a   Donnison, Martyn J ^a   Ledgard, Anita ^a   Peterson, A James ^a   Schurmann, Anita ^a   Tervit, H Robin ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Follicular dominance; Follicular waves; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; EMBRYO CULTURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032990366     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199908)53:4<451::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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