Fragmentation and development of preimplantation porcine embryos derived by parthenogenetic activation and nuclear transfer

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-165

  Im, Gi Sun ^a,b   Yang, Boh Suk ^a,b   Lai, Liangxue ^a   Liu, Zhonghua ^a   Hao, Yanhong ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrically activated oocytes; Nuclear transfer embryos; Sorbitol; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; SORBITOL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OSMOLARITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PARTHENOGENESIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18044396919     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20258     Document Type: Article

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