Comparison of two approaches to nuclear transfer in the bovine: Hand-made cloning with modifications and the conventional nuclear transfer technique

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 573-585

  Tecirlioglu, R Tayfur ^a,d   Cooney, Melissa A ^a,d   Lewis, Ian M ^b   Korfiatis, Natasha A ^a,d   Hodgson, Renee ^b,d   Ruddock, Nancy T ^a,d   Vajta, Gábor ^c   Downie, Shara ^b,d   Trounson, Alan O ^a   Holland, Michael K ^a,d   French, Andrew J ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Genetics Australia Co operative Ltd   (Australia)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cytoplasmic volume; Nuclear transfer; Vitrification; Zona free

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYTOCHALASIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOMATIC CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 21344453302     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD04122     Document Type: Article

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