Vitrification of rat embryos at various developmental stages

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1851-1863

  Han, M S ^a   Niwa, K ^a   Kasai, M ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental stage; EFS; Embryo transfer; Rat; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MORULA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MORULA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037447430     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01227-X     Document Type: Article

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