Comparative morphometry of precompacted bovine embryos produced in vivo or in vitro after parthenogenetic activation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI): Ultrastructural analysis

Zygote

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-217

  Pivko, J ^a,b   Landa, V ^c   Kubovicova E ^b   Supova A ^b,d   Grafenau, P ^b   Makarevic A ^b   Riha, L ^b   Zibrin M ^e  

^a VÚŽV ^*  (Slovakia)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^d The Philosopher University in Nitra Geoinformatics and Regional Development   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; Electron microscopy; Ultrastructural morphometry

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INCLUSION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOLGI COMPLEX; IN VIVO CULTURE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CATTLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; VACUOLES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 2542499611     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199403002259     Document Type: Article

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