In Vitro Fertilization and Cortical Granule Distribution of Bovine Oocytes Having Heterogeneous Ooplasm with Dark Clusters

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 531-535

  Nagano, Masashi ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Katagiri, Seiji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cortical granule; Fertilization; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTES; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033126661     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.531     Document Type: Article

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