Aberrant fetal growth and development after in vitro culture of sheep zygotes

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-186

  Sinclair, K D ^a   McEvoy, T G ^a   Maxfield, E K ^b   Maltin, C A ^b   Young, L E ^c   Wilmut, I ^c   Broadbent, P J ^a   Robinson, J J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GRANULOSA CELL; HEART; HYDRAMNIOS; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SHEEP; ZYGOTE;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033046399     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1160177     Document Type: Article

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