Chronology of apoptosis in bovine embryos produced in vivo and in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1193-1200

  Gjørret, Jakob O ^a   Knijn, Hiemke M ^b   Dieleman, Steph J ^b   Avery, Birthe ^a   Larsson, Lars Inge ^a   Maddox Hyttel, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DNA DEGRADATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MORULA; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141795498     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.013243     Document Type: Article

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