In vitro production of cattle-water buffalo (Bos taurus - Bubalus bubalis) hybrid embryos

Zygote

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-162

  Kochhar, H P S ^a   Appa Rao, K B C ^b   Luciano, A M ^c   Totey, S M ^b   Gandolfi, F ^c   Basrur, P K ^a   King, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryos; Interspecific hybrids; Maternal influence; Reciprocal fertilisation; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0347393572     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199402002216     Document Type: Article

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