Embryo technology: Implications for fertility in cattle

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 405-412

  Greve, T ^a   Callesen, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Bovine; Cloning; Embryo technology; Embryo transfer; Epigenetics; Fertility; Follicle; Follicular wave pattern; In vitro production; Oocyte; Ovulation; Reproduction; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 23444438692     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.24.1.1581     Document Type: Review

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