Oocyte and embryo quality: Effect of origin, culture conditions and gene expression patterns

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-267

  Lonergan, P ^a   Rizos, D ^a   Gutierrez Adan, A ^b   Fair, T ^a   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041876228     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00437.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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