Improvement of in Vitro Development of Bovine Embryos in a Medium Containing Selenium

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-173

  Lee, J H ^a,b   Park, J H ^a,b   Choi, K M ^a,b   Im, K S ^a,b   Jin, D I ^a  

^a SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cysteine; Embryos; Glutathione; In Vitro Development; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 0347670179     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.170     Document Type: Article

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