Development of rabbit zygotes into blastocysts in defined protein-free medium and offspring born following culture and embryo transfer

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1103-1113

  J, Li ^a   Foote, R H ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Giles, J R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocysts; Number of offspring; Protein free media; Rabbit embryos

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; MORULA; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SUPEROVULATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0344835720     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00067-8     Document Type: Article

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