In Vitro Growth of Mouse Ovarian Preantral Follicles and the Capacity of Their Oocytes to Develop to the Blastocyst Stage

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 619-624

  Bishonga, Christopher ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Katagiri, Seiji ^a   Nagano, Masashi ^a   Ishikawa, Akiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Development; Growth; Mouse; Preantral follicle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOMERE; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035375815     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.619     Document Type: Article

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