Prediction of porcine blastocyst formation using morphological, kinetic, and amino acid depletion and appearance criteria determined during the early cleavage of in vitro-produced embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 765-779

  Booth, Paul J ^a,b   Watson, Terry J ^a,c   Leese, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Embryo; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; POLYESTER; THREONINE; VALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SUS SCROFA; ZYGOTE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 35548971061     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.062802     Document Type: Article

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