Assessment of mammalian embryo quality: What can we learn from embryo morphology?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 664-670

  Van Soom, Ann ^a   Mateusen, Bart ^a   Leroy, Jo ^a   de Kruif, Aart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine; Compaction; Embryo quality; Morphology; Timing of development

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER MICROSCOPY; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0348161301     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62089-5     Document Type: Article

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