Improved survival of vitrified in vivo-derived porcine embryos

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-486

  Ushijima, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshioka, Hiroki ^b,d   Esaki, Ritsuko ^b,e   Takahashi, Keiji ^a   Kuwayama, Masashige ^c   Nakane, Takashi ^a   Nagashima, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Chiba Prefectural Animal Experimental Station   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kato Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Cryotool; Delipation; Intracytoplasmic lipid; Minimum volume cooling (MVC)

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; FAT DROPLET; LIQUID NITROGEN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL GRANULE; CELL POLARITY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; IN VIVO CULTURE; MICROMANIPULATION; MORULA; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; SWINE; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MORULA; PREGNANCY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 16644394892     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.481     Document Type: Article

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