Effect of culture environment on embryo quality and gene expression - Experience form animal studies

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 657-663

  Lonergan, P ^a   Rizos, D ^a   Guitierrez Adan A ^b   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Blastocyst; Development; Embryo culture; Gene expression; IVF

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION;

EID: 0347531606     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62088-3     Document Type: Article

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