Birth of offspring after transfer of mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) embryos cryopreserved by vitrification

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-470

  Mochida, Keiji ^a   Wakayama, Teruhiko ^a   Takano, Kaoru ^b   Noguchi, Yoko ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshie ^b   Suzuki, Osamu ^b   Matsuda, Junichiro ^b   Ogura, Atsuo ^a,c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo transfer; Ethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GERBIL; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 14644420217     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20226     Document Type: Article

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