Birth of a cloned calf derived from a vitrified hand-made cloned embryo

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 361-366

  Tecirlioglu, R Tayfur ^a   French, A J ^a   Lewis, I M ^b   Vajta, G ^c   Korfiatis, N A ^a   Hall, V J ^a   Ruddock, N T ^a   Cooney, M A ^a   Trounson, A O ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Genetics Australia Co operative Ltd   (Australia)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cattle; HMC; Nuclear transfer; Zona free

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CLONING; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENUCLEATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SOMATIC CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 1942467802     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD03052     Document Type: Article

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