Zygote donor nitrogen metabolism and in vitro embryo culture perturbs in utero development and IGF2R expression in ovine fetal tissues

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1901-1912

  Powell, K ^a   Rooke, J A ^a   McEvoy, T G ^a   Ashworth, C J ^a   Robinson, J J ^a   Wilmut, I ^b   Young, L E ^c   Sinclair, K D ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Fetal development; Genomic imprinting; Urea

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; NITROGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; SHEEP; ZYGOTE;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33749245906     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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