Effect of embryo developmental stage and culture conditions on number and quality of ovine in vitro produced blastocysts

Zygote

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-187

  Garcia Garcia, R M ^a,b   Dominguez, V ^a   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^a   Veiga Lopez, A ^a   Cocero, M J ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early developmental stage; Embryo; In vitro culture; Monolayer; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; SHEEP; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33745866287     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199406003728     Document Type: Article

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