Morphology and developmental competence of bovine oocytes relative to follicular status

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 923-932

  Vassena, Rita ^a,b   Mapletoft, Reuben J ^a   Allodi, Stefano ^a   Singh, Jaswant ^a   Adams, Gregg P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryo; Follicles; Follicular wave; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte competence

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0043286409     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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