Consequences of in vivo development and subsequent culture on apoptosis, cell number, and blastocyst formation in bovine embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1371-1378

  Knijn, Hiemke M ^a   Gjørret, Jakob O ^b   Vos, Peter L A M ^a   Hendriksen, Peter J M ^a   Van der Weijden, Bert C ^a   Maddox Hyttel, Poul ^b   Dieleman, Steph J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Developmental biology; Early development; Female reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INNER CELL MASS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STEREOMICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141572195     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.017251     Document Type: Article

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