In vitro maturation of bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes in undiluted follicular fluid: Effect on nuclear maturation, pronucleus formation and embryo development

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 987-999

  Avery, Birthe ^a   Strøbech, Lotte ^a   Jacobsen, Tina ^a   Bøgh, Ingrid Brück ^a   Greve, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cleavage; Coagulation; Cytoplasmic maturation; Fertilisation; MII; Nuclear maturation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037303201     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01139-1     Document Type: Article

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