Piezo-actuated zona-drilling improves the fertilisation of OPS vitrified mouse oocytes

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-378

  Meng, Qinggang ^a,b   Li, Xiuwei ^a   Wu, Tongyi ^a   Dinnyes, A ^b   Zhu, Shien ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Mouse; Oocyte; Piezo; Vitrification; Zona drilling

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 34948856945     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.55.2007.3.11     Document Type: Article

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