Ultrastructure of bovine blastocysts following cryopreservation: Effect of method of blastocyst production

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-195

  Fair, T ^a   Lonergan, P ^a   Dinnyes, A ^b   Cottell, D C ^a   Hyttel, P ^c   Ward, F A ^a   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Culture system; Embryo; Freezing; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO CULTURE; FREEZING; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GLYCEROL;

EID: 0035163469     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2795(200102)58:2<186::AID-MRD8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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