Relationship between donor animal age, follicular fluid steroid content and oocyte developmental competence in the pig

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 81-87

  Grupen, Christopher G ^a   McIlfatrick, Stephen M ^a   Ashman, Rodney J ^a   Boquest, Andrew C ^a   Armstrong, David T ^b   Nottle, Mark B ^a  

^a BresaGen Limited   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Cytoplasmic maturation; Parthenogenesis; Porcine; Prepubertal

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREPUBERTY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038304699     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd02086     Document Type: Article

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