Influence of the duration of gamete interaction on cleavage, growth rate and sex distribution of in vitro produced bovine embryos

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 33-49

  Kochhar, Harpreet S ^a   Kochhar, Kanwal P ^a   Basrur, Parvathi K ^a   King, W Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; Embryo sex; Embryonic cell lineage; Gamete interaction; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MORULA; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MORULA; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037447873     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4320(03)00006-x     Document Type: Article

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