Maturation of porcine oocytes after cooling at the germinal vesicle stage

Zygote

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Liu, Rui Hua ^a   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a   Li, Yong Hai ^a   Jiao, Li Hong ^a   Wang, Wei Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling; Maturation; Oocyte; Pig; Spindle

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OXAZINES; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1842684308     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199403002351     Document Type: Article

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