Equine oocyte competence for nuclear and cytoplasmic in vitro maturation: Effect of follicle size and hormonal environment

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 232-245

  Goudet, Ghylène ^a   Bézard, Jacqueline ^a   Duchamp, Guy ^a   Gérard, Nadine ^a   Palmer, Eric ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HORSES; MEIOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842373914     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.2.232     Document Type: Article

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