In vitro maturation and ultrastructural observation of cryopreserved minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) follicular oocytes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-259

  Asada, Masatsugu ^a   Horii, Miki ^a   Mogoe, Toshihiro ^a   Fukui, Yutaka ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^b   Ohsumi, Seiji ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA;

EID: 0033956639     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.2.253     Document Type: Article

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