Cryopreservation of cattle oocytes: Effects of meiotic stage, cycloheximide treatment, and vitrification procedure

Cryobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 290-300

  Le Gal, François ^a,b   Massip, Alban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cycloheximide; Maturation; Oocyte; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033150132     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1999.2172     Document Type: Article

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